The sale calendar
When Christmas tree permits go on sale 2026, place by place
144 national forests, grasslands and BLM offices sell a 2026 Christmas tree permit online. 110 are on sale today; the next opening day is November 13. Sale times are in each place's own time zone. Recreation.gov prints them in Eastern, and we convert. Open a place for its price and the rules it sets.
From Recreation.gov and BLM's permit store, as the finder read them, read Nov 12, 2026.
Opening soon
Opens November 13 1 place
Opens November 14 3 places
- Coconino National ForestSales open Nov 14, 8 a.m. MountainNov 14 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit page
Opens November 15 6 places
Opens November 16 1 place
Opens November 17 12 places
- BLM Colorado River Valley Field OfficeSales open Nov 17Nov 17 to Dec 24cutting daysOn the permit page
Opens November 18 2 places
Opens November 20 3 places
Opens November 21 1 place
Opens November 22 1 place
Opens November 24 2 places
Opens November 25 1 place
Already on sale
Opened November 12 31 places
- BLM Ashland Field Office - Medford DistrictOn sale nowNov 12 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Butte Falls Field Office - Medford DistrictOn sale nowNov 12 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Grants Pass Field Office - Medford DistrictOn 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
Opened November 11 2 places
- BLM South River Field Office - Roseburg DistrictOn sale nowNov 11 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Swiftwater Field Office - Roseburg DistrictOn sale nowNov 11 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
Opened November 10 1 place
Opened November 9 4 places
Opened November 8 1 place
Opened November 5 1 place
Opened November 4 1 place
Opened November 3 1 place
Opened November 1 15 places
- BLM Klamath Falls Field Office - Lakeview DistrictOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Wenatchee Field Office - Spokane DistrictOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
Opened October 31 1 place
Opened October 20 1 place
Opened October 10 1 place
Opened October 8 35 places
- Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National ForestsOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit page
Opened October 1 1 place
Opened January 1 3 places
Opened January 1 2 places
Opened December 26 1 place
Opened February 27 1 place
Opened January 1 2 places
Opened January 1 4 places
Opened January 1 2 places
53 more Forest Service units and 50 BLM field offices don't list a 2026 permit in either store, and 2 more have a permit page with no 2026 dates yet. Some sell only at the office. Browse every state to see them.
From Recreation.gov and BLM's permit store, as the finder read them, read Nov 12, 2026.
How the season usually runs
Sales open in October or November. Kaibab and Arapaho-Roosevelt opened Oct. 8; Eldorado opened online Nov. 1 at 7 a.m.; Lincoln and the San Juan on Nov. 12.
From Kaibab National Forest, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, Eldorado National Forest and San Juan National Forest, read Nov 11, 2026.
Cutting ends between Christmas Eve and early January. Tonto runs to midnight Dec. 31, Arapaho-Roosevelt to Jan. 6, and Lincoln's in-person permits to Dec. 24.
From Tonto National Forest, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Lincoln National Forest (updated Oct 30, 2026), read Nov 11, 2026.
Some sell out, fast. Eldorado's permits are "expected to sell out quickly," and South Platte's "may sell out." Tahoe's Sierraville district once sold 400 permits in four days. Buy early, and print it the same day.
From Eldorado National Forest, Pike-San Isabel National Forests and CBS Sacramento (Nov 29, 2016), read Nov 11, 2026.
An office may open on a different day. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache's offices sold in person from Nov. 9, and Pike-San Isabel's districts open from Nov. 16 to Dec. 2. The forest's page names its days.
From Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest on Recreation.gov and Pike-San Isabel National Forests, read Nov 11, 2026.
No refunds if the weather turns. Tonto gives none "even if weather prevents you from reaching or cutting your tree," so check the road before you buy for a set day.
From Tonto National Forest, read Nov 11, 2026.
Written by More Than Just Parks from the agencies' own pages, read Nov 11, 2026. The permit you buy, and the map and rules printed on it, govern. Not a permit, not the agency.