Beaver Mountain's Logan office opened for the season on Oct. 15. By then customers were already coming in to pick up season passes, and on one day 25 packages arrived, some holding new snowboards. "They just want to get their passes as soon as we open the office," co-owner Marge Seeholzer told KSL.
That rush makes sense once you lay out the calendar. Up in Logan Canyon nothing is certain about opening day. Down here at 1351 E 700 N, the dates are already fixed, and nearly all of them land in November.
Opening day belongs to the weather
Beaver Mountain is one of the few resorts that doesn't make its own snow. In the same KSL story, Seeholzer said the resort expects to open "sometime around mid-December," depending on conditions. Ski Utah's opening-date list still shows Beaver Mountain's date as "to be announced."
Last winter shows why the date stays loose. Cache Valley Daily reported that record warmth and rain damaged the snow base before Christmas. Utah Public Radio reported it was the first time since 1977 that Beaver didn't open before Christmas. The lifts started turning on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2025, as ABC4 covered in its story on the 86th season.
The end of the season came early too. Beaver moved up its closing because of a heat wave and shut down on Friday, March 27, 2026. KSL called it the resort's shortest season in decades. "After last year's bad snow conditions, I'm more nervous," Seeholzer told KSL this month. "But it's got to be a good one."
What November 30 locks in
Beaver Mountain's 2026-27 pricing sheet raises most season pass prices on Dec. 1. That's roughly two weeks before the mid-December target. Last season, the lifts didn't start until Dec. 31.
2026-27 pass | Price through Nov. 30 | Price starting Dec. 1 |
|---|---|---|
Unlimited, new adult, 18 to 69 | $880 | $980 |
Unlimited, new junior, 6 to 11 | $555 | $655 |
Unlimited, returning adult | $700 | $775 |
Unlimited, returning junior | $400 | $475 |
Student, 12 to 69, proof of enrollment | $450 | $525 |
Weekday, all ages | $535 | $615 |
Child, 5 and under | $0 | $100 |
Blackout, adult | $690 | No longer on sale |
Blackout, junior | $415 | No longer on sale |
Senior, 70 and over | $100 | $100 |
Military adult | $450 | $450 |
Three rows matter most for families. The free pass for kids 5 and under jumps to $100. Beaver also notes it isn't automatic, so you have to "purchase" and assign the free pass before your child can use it. The Blackout pass doesn't get more expensive on Dec. 1. It just stops being sold. That pass doesn't work Dec. 21, 2026, through Jan. 1, 2027; Jan. 16 to 18; and Feb. 13 to 15. The Weekday pass covers Monday through Friday, holidays included.
Check one detail before you pay a "returning" price. The tickets and passes page defines new passholders as anyone who didn't have a 2025-26 pass. The pricing sheet defines current passholders as anyone who bought a 2024-25 pass product. The Logan office can tell you which one applies to you.
One deadline comes even sooner. The pricing sheet says payment plans are available on online purchases through Oct. 31, which is this Saturday.
The refund clock starts before the lifts do
November 30 also cuts off refunds for most people. Beaver's season pass policy page says passholders without pass protection can request a refund only for an off-season injury or a move away from the area, and only through Nov. 30. A $25 processing fee comes out of that refund, and after Nov. 30 those passes aren't refundable at all. Protection itself can be added through Nov. 30.
With protection, refunds step down by date and by days skied:
- Request by Nov. 30, before the season starts: 100%
- By Dec. 31: 100% for 0 to 2 days skied, then 75%, 50% and 25% as usage rises to 8 days
- By Jan. 31: 75% for 0 to 2 days, dropping to nothing at 7 to 8 days
- By Feb. 28: 25% for 0 to 4 days
- Not eligible: requests after Feb. 28, or passes used 9 or more days
Put that next to last winter and the timing gets tight. Beaver opened on Dec. 31, 2025, the same calendar date as this season's second-tier deadline. Read the coverage carefully, too. The policy page says protection covers an unforeseen injury, illness, pregnancy or relocation that keeps you from using your pass. Medical refunds require a doctor's note, and relocation refunds require a written request. Late snow isn't on that list. That page still refers to the 2025-26 season and lists the add-on at $25, so confirm the current cost at the office. This is general information, not financial advice, and Beaver Mountain sets the final terms on its own passes.
Season passes also don't cover night skiing. Last season, Beaver's night skiing page described evenings mostly as private group events with some public nights. Lifts ran 5 to 9 p.m., at $15 Monday through Thursday and $20 Friday and Saturday.
Two November weekends for gear, both in town
Gear sales follow the same calendar. The two big ones fall a week apart, and both are in Logan.
Saturday, Nov. 7: Beaver's Ski Shop Yard Sale. It runs 9 a.m. to noon only, in the parking lot outside the Logan Office Ski Shop at 1351 E 700 N. The resort says plainly that it's not a ski swap. Everything for sale is Beaver Mountain's own gear, tuned and waxed, with no consignment: kids' skis and boards plus adult demo and performance skis and snowboards. It's first come, first served. Boots aren't sold here because they go to the following weekend's swap, and adult gear bought at the yard sale gets free hot waxes for life. The Logan shop has been taking tunes, hot waxes and binding work since Oct. 15.
Nov. 11 to 14: Beaver Mountain Ski Patrol Ski and Board Swap. It's at the Event Center, 490 S 500 W, and both cash and cards are accepted.
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: early gear drop-off
- Thursday, Nov. 12: gear check-in noon to 4 p.m., sales 5 to 9 p.m.
- Friday, Nov. 13: gear check-in and sales 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Saturday, Nov. 14: sales 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., gear pickup 4 to 7 p.m.
The swap flyer doesn't list consignor fees or tagging rules. If you plan to sell, ask about those before you drop anything off.
Both events land before Nov. 30. Families can sort out gear and pass prices in the same three weeks.
What's waiting up the canyon
Changes on the mountain are mostly mechanical this year. Lift operations manager Keghan Connor told KSL that crews have been "buttoning up all of our summer maintenance" and installed a new low-voltage drive on Harry's Dream lift. The day lodge called Marge's Cabin went up the year before, according to Ski Utah.
The bigger change is on the drive. UDOT's Logan Canyon fiber project on US-89 has about 30 miles of underground conduit in place. In its Oct. 16 update, UDOT said crews would pave around manholes that week. Until that's done, the pavement may stay uneven. The same UDOT project page lists intermittent lane closures in three stretches:
- Mileposts 462 to 469, near First Dam and Stokes Nature Center
- Mileposts 467 to 473, near Guinavah-Malibu Campground
- Mileposts 473 to 479, near Temple Fork and Ricks Spring
Work happens during the day, Monday through Friday, with some weekend work. The project uses one-way traffic control through the work zones. UDOT's timeline lists project completion as Fall 2026 and construction running through Spring 2027. Before an early-season weekday trip, check the UDOT Traffic app.
Put together, opening day at the top of the canyon is still a guess, and the price, refund and gear dates in town are already set. Beaver's office calendar runs ahead of its snow, and anyone who buys after Nov. 30 pays the December price whether or not the lifts are running.
Danny Swett runs his own decisions on dates and real numbers too, including what a home closer to the canyon mouth costs to own once winter weekends are part of the math. If you're weighing a move in Cache Valley with Logan Canyon in mind, Swett Equity can put real figures on it. Let's Connect.
