Information about the shuttle bus parking lot for skiers participating in Sunday events.

There is NO parking or drop-off at the Wirth Park Start Area!

Use the Optum Health parking lot for parking and drop-off. Please do not park on neighborhood streets near Theodore Wirth Park or in Uptown. Wirth Parkway will be closed to traffic from Olson Memorial Highway (Hwy 55) to Golden Valley Road. Shuttle buses will transport skiers from the lot to the Wirth Park start area beginning at 7:30 a.m. After the event, buses will return skiers to the Optum Health parking lot – not Wirth Park. Plan on the bus trip from the Optum Health lot to Wirth to take 10 minutes and the return from Uptown about 20 minutes.

Optum Health parking lot:
6300 Olson Memorial Highway (Hwy 55), at Douglas Drive N. (northwest corner)
0.5 miles west of Hwy 100 and 2.0 miles east of Hwy 169
Buses will start loading at 7:30 a.m.

Directions:
From 1-394 – North on Hwy 100 to Olson Memorial Hwy (55), then west (left) at light to Douglas Drive
From I-94/I-694 – South on Hwy 100 to Olson Memorial Hwy (55), turn west (right) at light to Douglas Dr
From Downtown (or I-94) – Take Olson Memorial Hwy (55) west to Douglas Dr. (4 miles)

Post-Race Bus Return from Uptown:

Buses to Optum Health lot will pick up on Lagoon Avenue – just west of Hennepin Avenue. Return buses will run from 11:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.