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title: "Pontoon Boat Storage: Winter Storage for Pontoons and Tritoons"
description: "Winter storage for pontoon boats and tritoons: outdoor on a trailer, indoor buildings with wide doors, pontoon lifts, covers and what wide beams cost per foot."
url: https://boatparking.ca/boats/pontoon-boat-storage/
last_updated: 2026-10-23
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# Pontoon boat storage

Pontoons are easy to haul and hard to fit. An 8.5 ft beam and a bimini need wide doors and a lot of floor. Tell us the length, the beam and whether it sits on a trailer, and we find a spot that takes it.

## Pontoon storage spec sheet

- Typical LOA: 18 to 26 ft
- Typical beam: 8 to 8.5 ft, tritoons up to about 8.5 ft
- Common storage: Outdoor on its trailer, indoor cold buildings, lift at the cottage
- Watch for: Door width and height with the bimini and rails, mice in upholstery, water in the tubes
- Wrap or cover: A fitted pontoon cover with support poles, or shrink-wrap over the rails

## Getting a pontoon through winter

- Lower the bimini: Fold it down or take it off. Snow on a raised top bends frames.
- Pull the cushions: Take cushions and electronics home, or at least prop them up so air moves. Mice love pontoon furniture.
- Check the tubes: Look for dents and listen for water before storage. Fixing a leak in a dry tube is easier in fall.
- Winterize the outboard: Stabilizer, fog, gear oil. Most pontoons have one outboard, so it is a quick job.

## Pontoon storage prices

- [Outdoor winter storage](https://boatparking.ca/storage/outdoor-boat-storage/): from $30/ft per winter
- [Indoor winter storage (cold)](https://boatparking.ca/storage/indoor-boat-storage/): from $55/ft per winter
- [Winter parking on your trailer](https://boatparking.ca/storage/boat-trailer-parking/): from $300 per winter
- [Shrink-wrap](https://boatparking.ca/services/boat-shrink-wrapping/): from $16/ft
- [Winterizing, outboard](https://boatparking.ca/services/boat-winterization/): from $250

Starting prices in CAD before tax, from published marina and port rates and market estimates, October 2026. Your boat, the yard and the dates set the final price.

Some indoor buildings price pontoons by square foot because of the beam.

## Pontoon questions

**Can a pontoon stay on its lift over winter?**

Only where the lake ice does not move much and the lift is rated for it. Ice push can wreck a lift and the boat. Most cottage owners pull it out.

**Does a pontoon fit in a normal storage unit?**

Rarely. Garage-style units are often 8 ft wide. Look for buildings with doors at least 10 ft wide.

## Related

- [Outdoor boat storage on the hard](https://boatparking.ca/storage/outdoor-boat-storage/)
- [Boat storage in Kawarthas and Trent-Severn Waterway](https://boatparking.ca/locations/kawarthas-trent-severn/)
- [Parking for a boat on its trailer](https://boatparking.ca/storage/boat-trailer-parking/)

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