Hours of Operation
9:00am-6:00pm (Open Daily)
Admission: Free
2026 Will & Jean Pickett Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame on August 20th, 2026: Click here for Ticket Information
Cherry Peak is Utah’s newest ski area. Located near Logan, Utah, Cherry Peak features three chairlifts, one surface lift, 20+ runs, and one terrain park on 200 acres.
The Chadwick family purchased a vast acreage of private mountain terrain nestled inside Cherry Canyon. As a young child growing up on the property, future developer John Chadwick began daydreaming about transforming the steep slopes into a functional ski resort. This established a multi-generational emotional tie to the future resort footprint.
The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics ignited a massive wave of passion for winter sports across the state of Utah. John Chadwick sold a car to an Olympic ski coach from Argentina. The two ended up taking a ski run on his family’s property. The coach confirmed John’s suspicions that the area would make for great skiing and suggested he open a resort.
John Chadwick began exploring formal engineering options and drafts to convert his family land into a commercial ski area. He envisioned an Olympic-themed resort layout designed to directly serve the local Cache Valley community. This period marked the transition from a childhood dream to a concrete business pursuit.
The earliest public proposals for the resort were met with friction from regional environmental groups and property neighbors. Local recreationists had traditionally used the private property for free cross-country skiing and alpine touring. The developers began a multi-year effort to reconcile land ownership boundaries with historical community usage.
The development team finalized a financial structure backed solely by private investors. Chadwick made a firm corporate commitment to carry zero commercial banking debt throughout the construction phase. This highly conservative approach provided maximum investment flexibility and shielded the property from early financial instability.
After resolving local pushback and multiple lawsuits, developers secured the final municipal licensing and county conditional-use permits. Environmental and geological surveys verified that the resort wouldn’t disrupt local water runoff into the lower valley. This cleared the last major bureaucratic hurdle to allow heavy industrial work to commence.
