A well-equipped weekends-only cut-your-own farm near Missoula with saws provided and a bonfire and cocoa on site, but it sells out fast and only runs Saturdays and Sundays, so timing matters more here than at most farms.
Copenhaver Plantations, west of Missoula off Mullan Road, is one of the more visitor-ready entries in this batch even without confirmed season dates or pricing. The record describes both true cut-your-own, where you walk the field and saw down a Fraser fir yourself with a provided saw, and a choose-and-we-cut option for anyone who’d rather point at a tree than swing a blade. There’s also a smaller precut selection of Douglas fir, Fraser fir, and grand fir for people who don’t want to walk the field at all. That range of options in one stop is genuinely useful for a group with mixed preferences.
The single most important planning fact here isn’t a date or a price, it’s the schedule: Saturdays and Sundays only, 10 am to dusk. Combine that with the farm’s own warning that it sells out fast, and the math is straightforward. A weekends-only farm running for a few weeks in November and December has, at most, a handful of open days before the good trees are gone. The record recommends going right after Thanksgiving weekend, which tracks with the general pattern at short-season cut-your-own farms: the first Saturday after Thanksgiving is typically the single busiest and best-stocked day of the whole season, and waiting until mid-December on a two-day-a-week schedule is a real risk of finding a thinned-out field.
Neither price_from nor price_note appears in the record, so this page can’t put a dollar figure on the trees themselves, and it won’t guess. What the record does confirm is what’s bundled in at no extra charge: a bonfire, free hot coffee and hot chocolate, and staff who will shake and bale or net your cut tree for the drive home. Those are real cost-saving details even without a base tree price, since shaking and netting can be a paid add-on elsewhere. Payment itself is cash or check only, with no card option mentioned anywhere in the sources checked, so bring cash as a backup even if you’d normally reach for a card.
The record specifically flags that the farm is a bit off the beaten path, reached via Mullan Road and then Melody Lane or Jennifer Court, and recommends first-time visitors get turn-by-turn directions from the farm rather than trusting GPS alone. That’s a small but practical detail worth acting on, especially if you’re making the trip specifically for the first weekend after Thanksgiving when time and daylight both matter more.
Copenhaver Plantations offers a genuinely well-rounded cut-your-own experience with saws provided, free warm drinks, and tree prep included, but the two-day-a-week schedule combined with a sells-out-fast reputation means early is not just better here, it’s close to necessary.
No 2026 season dates are confirmed, but the farm is open Saturdays and Sundays only, 10 am to dusk. A prior listing warned it sells out fast and recommended going right after Thanksgiving weekend, which lines up with the general pattern that the first Saturday after Thanksgiving is the busiest and best-stocked day of a short season.
Not stated in the record, but with a field to walk, a saw to use, and a bonfire plus cocoa on site, plan for more than a quick in-and-out stop.
The farm's own listing explicitly warns it sells out fast, and it's only open two days a week for a few weeks, which is a strong practical signal to go early rather than late in the season if you want a good selection of trees.
Not described in the record.
Not addressed in the record. Expect an unpaved field, as is typical at cut-your-own farms, though this is a general inference rather than something the record confirms.
Skip Copenhaver Plantations if you can only visit on a weekday, since it's open Saturdays and Sundays only, and skip it if you're planning to pay by card, since the record says payment is cash or check only with no card option mentioned.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
No. The record confirms saws are provided for cut-your-own visitors.
Saturdays and Sundays only, 10 am to dusk, per the record. No weekday hours are listed.
The record indicates payment is cash or check only, with no card option mentioned. Bring cash as a backup.
Not published anywhere in the record. No price_from or price_note exists, so no figure can honestly be given here.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Saturdays and Sundays only. Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you), and a saw is provided.
2610 Jennifer Court, Missoula, MT 59804, in Missoula County. It is one of 5 farms we track in Northwest Montana.
We track 5 farms in Northwest Montana, 3 of which let you cut your own tree. The farm has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
What sets it apart locally: it has a cocoa or cider stand, free netting/baling, which most Northwest Montana farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 5 farms we track in Northwest Montana had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There is 1 other farm we track in Missoula County. All Northwest Montana farms →
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Checked September 2026.