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Beaver Mountain Utah is a small ski resort in Northern Utah that I read about on Pugski and SkiUtah. The mountain has four lifts: Harry's Dream (1600'), Beaver Face (1200'), Marge's Triple (~1300), and Little Beaver (400'). You don't need to walk through a stupid base village, something I despise from my few days at Northstar. There are a couple of spots in the parking lot, where you can ski down to the lift. You can also ski down to your car from a different trail. There is no conventional on-site lodging. You can rent a yurt near the main lodge to get an off-grid ski-in ski-out experience, something we did not do.
I took this picture of the ski area from across the highway from a snowmobile rental place.
Access trail from parking lot.
Adult lift tickets are $50, you can also buy a lift ticket for 400' vertical lift only for $25. My wife took 2-hour private lessons for each of the three days we were there. They were quite affordable at $130 for two hours. She was able to do her first parallel turns. I'm hoping more lessons this season will get her to skiing mostly parallel turns on green slopes this season. I was skiing with my daughter during her lessons on the magic carpet and beginner lift (Little Beaver).
The magic carpet is the best I have seen so far. Many magic carpets have on and off-ramps that are not correctly sloped, making it difficult for people to get on and off. The green runs off the beginner chair were steep and flat in sections. I don't believe they are very good for true beginners. I think the green runs at Park City and Squaw offer a better progression. The green run off Harry's Dream meanders around the mountain through steep sections and catwalks. It would probably be rated blue at Park City.
The conditions were excellent, soft snow everywhere. I noticed it even more since my previous ski day was at Squaw in early January with lots of icy patches. I could also see chopped powder in many places. They groom a decent amount of runs, and a couple of groomed runs are available from all chairs. Most runs off the beginner chair were nicely groomed. A short blue run off the beginner chair that was used for a race as well.
There is a groomed run with a pitch that's perfect for me beneath the Beaver Face lift. It has no flat or super steep sections and is wide enough. The other runs I skied were off of Harry's Dream. Nicely groomed and wide.
I saw the Glenn brothers multiple times showing off their tricks to the people on Harry's Dream lift. There were also in line in front of me, and they were in a good mood, poking fun at others, pushing people out of the line to get them in trouble with the lifties.
https://www.powder.com/stories/dedicated-bumps-skiers-beaver/
The lodge is nice enough. I took this picture around 11:30 on Sunday when it was not very crowded.
Crowds
There were a lot of people on Saturday. The parking lot was full and you had to park on the side of the access road. They were organizing rides to the base area from the parking.
Sunday was a lot quieter. I mostly shared the lifts with students from Utah State University on Sunday. They told me that Sunday is less busy because many people are at Church.
An employee at the rental shop told us that this was their busiest weekend as most students are back at the University. So the week after Christmas is not as busy as MLK weekend. The worst lines were about 10 minutes, and the average was < 5 minutes. Overall the slopes didn't feel crowded.
We stayed in Garden City, and you get a beautiful view of the lake while driving back from the ski resort. It was pretty affordable to stay there. We got a lovely three-bedroom condo for $200 a night. I have paid over $500 a night for a worse condo/cabin in Tahoe on a regular weekend.
Our return drive back to SLC was also easy, and we got a great view of the mountains just outside Logan. We had a good time. We may return here in the future.
I took this picture of the ski area from across the highway from a snowmobile rental place.
Access trail from parking lot.
Adult lift tickets are $50, you can also buy a lift ticket for 400' vertical lift only for $25. My wife took 2-hour private lessons for each of the three days we were there. They were quite affordable at $130 for two hours. She was able to do her first parallel turns. I'm hoping more lessons this season will get her to skiing mostly parallel turns on green slopes this season. I was skiing with my daughter during her lessons on the magic carpet and beginner lift (Little Beaver).
The magic carpet is the best I have seen so far. Many magic carpets have on and off-ramps that are not correctly sloped, making it difficult for people to get on and off. The green runs off the beginner chair were steep and flat in sections. I don't believe they are very good for true beginners. I think the green runs at Park City and Squaw offer a better progression. The green run off Harry's Dream meanders around the mountain through steep sections and catwalks. It would probably be rated blue at Park City.
The conditions were excellent, soft snow everywhere. I noticed it even more since my previous ski day was at Squaw in early January with lots of icy patches. I could also see chopped powder in many places. They groom a decent amount of runs, and a couple of groomed runs are available from all chairs. Most runs off the beginner chair were nicely groomed. A short blue run off the beginner chair that was used for a race as well.
There is a groomed run with a pitch that's perfect for me beneath the Beaver Face lift. It has no flat or super steep sections and is wide enough. The other runs I skied were off of Harry's Dream. Nicely groomed and wide.
I saw the Glenn brothers multiple times showing off their tricks to the people on Harry's Dream lift. There were also in line in front of me, and they were in a good mood, poking fun at others, pushing people out of the line to get them in trouble with the lifties.
https://www.powder.com/stories/dedicated-bumps-skiers-beaver/
The lodge is nice enough. I took this picture around 11:30 on Sunday when it was not very crowded.
Crowds
There were a lot of people on Saturday. The parking lot was full and you had to park on the side of the access road. They were organizing rides to the base area from the parking.
Sunday was a lot quieter. I mostly shared the lifts with students from Utah State University on Sunday. They told me that Sunday is less busy because many people are at Church.
An employee at the rental shop told us that this was their busiest weekend as most students are back at the University. So the week after Christmas is not as busy as MLK weekend. The worst lines were about 10 minutes, and the average was < 5 minutes. Overall the slopes didn't feel crowded.
We stayed in Garden City, and you get a beautiful view of the lake while driving back from the ski resort. It was pretty affordable to stay there. We got a lovely three-bedroom condo for $200 a night. I have paid over $500 a night for a worse condo/cabin in Tahoe on a regular weekend.
Our return drive back to SLC was also easy, and we got a great view of the mountains just outside Logan. We had a good time. We may return here in the future.
. I see no reason it would be any more than Snowbasin's 320. I estimated 300 for zrankings and that might be generous.