Beaver Travel Guide

Just looking at all the stuff. A Gun collecters paradise. Largest selection of guns in Utah. Other collectables, Sporting Goods and a whole lot more. Great atmosphere. Advice on any subject.

By car is the only realistic way to get there. Greyhound does stop here, though, but I have no idea when or how much it costs.
Beaver is small and is no problem to navigate. Main Street runs N/S, and the city is laid out grid fashion like most Utah towns.

On our way out to the Frisco Ghost Town (another story) we saw a sign for this place. We stopped on the way home and discovered a small treasure. They make the cheese on site and my wife tells me the prices are very fair. I got some really "niipy" cheddar and it was excellent.

The best though is the ice cream. They don't make it there but WOW! Even if you're just passing Beaver on the interstate hop off and get a cone. Waffle, for sure.

Who knows. I doubt there are any, except maybe for frat boys looking for kitsch with 'Beaver' on it :-). I couldn't resist grabbing this pic of a truck stop in town. Where is Disney when you need them?

I couldn't believe that no one put former Elk Meadows, now Eagle Point, here on the list of skiing :-).
Luckily, friends took me there in 1992, and I had a really wonderful skiing experience! With an elevation of 10.400 ft, it's even higher in altitude than Utah's famous Park City and Deer Valley !
It has 400 acres of skiable area, 1 Quad, 1 Triple, 2 Double, 1 Platter and more than 30 ascents, half of them rated intermediate.

So, if you want to ski in a less crowded area within Utah - THIS is the place.

Lifts run daily, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Equipment: Nothing to bring as a tourist who want's to spend some nice days there. I was there just coincidentially, friends took me there at the beginning of a exlpore-Utah's-national-park-vacation, so I didn't have any of my gear with me.
You can rent all gear there, ski, boots, poles, gloves, etc.
Ok, bring some warm clothing and a jacket.

Update, November 2011:
The ski resort opened again. And is now being called Eagle Point. Although my experience was from 1992, so by now almost 20 years ago, I keep my tip, albeit updated. Simply because I had such a lot of fun and especially since Utah has so many famous ski resorts around Salt Lake City, this one in the south of the state is well worth a visit especially when one looks for lesser crowded slopes :-)

Favorite thing: Visit the Tushar mountains to the east. A drive up Highway 153 is spectacular.

Fondest memory: I was in Beaver on business a few days before posting this and had forgotten what a neat place this was. It's laid out along the east side of I-15 about 100 miles north of St. George, 200 miles south of Salt Lake City and makes a very convenient place to stop for the night if heading to Vegas from Salt Lake or vice-versa.