Driving on the most desolate stretch of Highway 6 between Price and Green River over Labor Day Weekend, a strange vision lumbered in the distance. What looked like a large moose through waves of desert heat clarified into a man pushing a pack-filled cart as we sped closer. He was followed by another man carrying a large backpack. The…
Author: Jared Hargrave
“The Wildest Dream” contest winner announced
Congratulations to Tom Rathke of Layton, Utah, the winner of our “Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest” pack o’ goodies giveaway. Tom won a North Face backpack filled the following: 2 Tickets to The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest at the Clark Planetarium TIMEX Expedition watch Complete set of National Geographic (every page of every issue)…
127 Hours trailer features Utah landscape
“127 Hours” is a film about Aron Ralston, who famously got his hand smashed and stuck between a boulder and a slot canyon wall in Utah’s Blue John Canyon. What made Ralston famous is the fact that he was trapped there for days (hence the title “127 Hours”) and when rescue never came, he cut…
Patagonia Refugio Pack review
This year, Patagonia entered into the backpack market and the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in February was abuzz when Patagonia sold samples of their new Refugio Pack at their booth. I picked one up and since that time, I’ve used the Refugio nearly every day for packing along camera gear for work, hiking around the Wasatch Mountains,…
Backpacking to Wall Lake in the Uinta Mountains
Backpacking has no equal alpine venue in the state of Utah than the Uinta Mountains. From classics like Kings Peak and Naturalist Basin, to lesser-known destinations such as Hidden Lake, late summer sees thousands of people humping their heavy packs into the rock strewn peaks and pine forests. But for the beginner backpacker, the imposing faces of…
Utah ski resort improvements for 2010-11 season
Worker’s hands have not been idle at Utah ski resorts during the off season as on-mountain improvements are nearing completion in time for winter. Every year, visitors expect something new at their favorite mountain, and in general, every resort delivers. Below is a list of what’s shiny and new in Utah’s mountains according to Ski Utah….
2010 Reel Rock Film Tour screens in Utah
Set aside some time on your calendar to watch the latest rock climbing movies at the 2010 Reel Rock Film Tour. The show comes to Salt Lake City on September 29th and Ogden on October 1st. The Reel Rock Film Tour is celebrating its 5th anniversary this time around, and the founders will be making every tour stop a…
Photos from the 2010 Mount Ogden 100k
Mud. The 2010 version of the Mount Ogden 100k/50k at Snowbasin will be remembered for the mud and the havoc it caused on the trail. Heavy rain pounded the course the night before, leaving the singletrack a mucky swamp (it also caused a sleepless night for me since I camped in the Snowbasin parking lot.)…
Park City Point 2 Point – go for the party
The Park City Point 2 Point mountain bike race almost sold out within five hours of open registration way back in February. With such a small field of competitors, chances are you are not one of them. If that’s the case, you can still head up to Park City on Labor Day Weekend and take part…
Petzl ATTACHE 3D carabiner review
The Petzl ATTACHE 3D locking carabiner is one of those pieces of climbing gear that deserves an exclamation point every time you write it. It looks something like this: Petzl ATTACHE 3D! This is because when one initially looks at it, then handles it, the appropriate response is, “whoa!” What makes this locking carabiner so…