Bandelier’s Summer Shuttle Service to Begin on May 19, 2025

Published on May 16, 2025

Bandelier National Monument is beginning its free summer shuttle service to Frijoles Canyon on May 19, 2025. This replaces the earlier announced date of May 14. The shuttle, provided by Atomic City Transit, boards at the Frey Trail Parking Lot in the park and runs every 30 minutes starting at 10 am.

Unlike previous years, the shuttle is not mandatory unless the parking lots in the canyon are filled up.

There is no charge for riding the shuttle, but all normal entry fees still apply for entering the park. Fees are based on the vehicle visitors arrive to the shuttle in, which is not a per person basis usually. If a visitor has a valid America the Beautiful or Bandelier pass, then no entry fees need to be paid.

The park’s summer shuttle service is expected to end on October 14, 2025.

Click here(PDF, 158KB) to view the full Bandelier Shuttle Schedule and route.

For more information about Bandelier National Monument visit www.nps.gov/band.

Bandelier National Monument protects, preserves, and interprets an outstanding portion of the Pajarito Plateau, including one of the largest concentrations of Ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites in the American Southwest. The park provides opportunities for people to connect with and enjoy a diversity of cultural and natural resources, striking scenery, wildlife habitats, remnants of a volcanic landscape, and wilderness.