How this works

79 national forests list a 2026 Christmas tree permit on Recreation.gov, and 65 Bureau of Land Management offices list one in BLM's permit store. We read both on Nov 12, 2026 and print what they say: the dates, the price, the limit and the rules, each with its source. Sale times are in each place's own time zone. Recreation.gov prints them in Eastern, and we convert. A permit is the agency's to sell, and the rules on it are the agency's. We quote them and link them. We don't sell permits, and nothing here is one.

2 forests have pages on Recreation.gov with no permit type named and no dates on them. We print what the page says and no date. 53 more Forest Service units and 50 BLM field offices don't list a permit in either store. We say "not posted yet" for those, never "no program": some sell at the office and never post one online. Distances are straight lines to a forest's boundary, not to the cutting area and not by road. The forest's own map shows where you can cut. How we read the agencies · Not a permit, not the agency

Read from the agencies Nov 12, 2026

Colorado Christmas tree permits 18 places have a permit online

8 national forests and 10 BLM offices in Colorado list a 2026 Christmas tree permit online, and 11 sell one today. Of the prices printed here, the lowest is $8, at 3 places. BLM Uncompahgre Field Office opens next: Nov 14. 16 of them publish their own cutting-area maps.

Arapaho and Roosevelt National ForestsOn sale nowNov 7 to Jan 6cutting days$20 per tree
BLM Kremmling Field OfficeOn sale nowNov 5 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM Tres Rios Field OfficeOn sale nowNov 9 to Dec 24cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM White River Field OfficeOn sale nowNov 12 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestOn sale nowNov 14 to Dec 31cutting days$8 per tree
Manti-La Sal National ForestOn sale nowOct 10 to Dec 25cutting days$10 per tree
Medicine Bow-Routt National ForestOn sale nowOct 13 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit pageRecreation.gov's records disagree
Pike and San Isabel National ForestOn sale nowNov 27 to Dec 18cutting days$20 per tree
Rio Grande National ForestOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 31cutting days$8 per tree
San Juan National ForestOn sale nowNov 12 to Dec 31cutting days$8 per tree
White River National ForestOn sale nowNov 16 to Dec 31cutting days$10 per tree
BLM Uncompahgre Field OfficeSales open Nov 14Nov 14 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM Grand Junction Field OfficeSales open Nov 16Nov 16 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM Colorado River Valley Field OfficeSales open Nov 17Nov 17 to Dec 24cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM Little Snake Field OfficeSales open Nov 17Nov 17 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM San Luis Valley Field OfficeSales open Nov 20Nov 20 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM Royal Gorge Field OfficeSales open Nov 24Nov 24 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
BLM Gunnison Field OfficeSales open Nov 25Nov 25 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page

Not posted yet

Comanche National GrasslandNot posted yet
Pawnee National GrasslandNot posted yet

Good to know in Colorado

Babbish Gulch, by Sunlight near Glenwood Springs, is one of the White River's most popular cutting areas, its timber manager told the local paper.
From Glenwood Springs Post Independent, "Oh Christmas tree: Lessons learned from a tree-cutting excursion", read Nov 11, 2026.
Around Durango, people take Beaver Meadows Road between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs to at least mile marker 5; the best white fir groves are near the top, and you may need four-wheel drive.
From r/Durango, "Where are you guys harvesting your Christmas Trees?" (2023), r/Durango, "Christmas Tree Hunting" (2023) and r/Durango, "Where do yall go to harvest Christmas trees?" (2024), read Nov 11, 2026.