The 2012 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market is happening this week, and of course UtahOutside.com will be walking the Salt Palace Convention Center floor checking out all the new gear we can look forward to seeing in stores this fall. But this Outdoor Retailer show will be different, as every step I take will be...
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Winter has been slow-in-coming around Utah this year, but maybe a celebration of all things cold and snowy will make the skies open up and cause temperatures to drop. The 2012 Ogden Winterfest may be just the thing to cure our winter doldrums when the city transforms the Historic 25th Street and Ogden Municipal...
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Top Utah Outdoor Adventures of 2011 – Jared Hargrave’s picks: Skiing on the 4th of July at Snowbird Skiing at Snowbird is such a common occurance, that it takes a huge event to make it into a “best of the year” list. Something like… skiing on the 4th of July. 2011 saw a July...
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Tags: canyoneering, Hiking, outdoor recreation, Skiing, Top Utah Outdoor Trips 2011, trail running, Utah
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It’s always interesting to see what articles posted on UtahOutside.com get the most page views. Some are surprising, and some are pretty obvious as to why they skyrocket to the top. Overall, readers of this website love their gear, as four of the top five are gear reviews or articles about Outdoor Retailer. Another...
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Tags: articles, Foot POD Mini, gear reviews, GPS POD, Salomon BBR, Salomon Rocker 2, Suunto, Top 5, Utah Outside, Vanessa Aadland, Volkl
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Wishing all of our readers a Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from UtahOutside.com! Although the Wasatch Front isn’t really having a white Christmas this year, we took a trip to the Front Range of Colorado to find powder snow, and our dogs LOVE it! May you all have a wonderful Christmas spent outdoors with...
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UtahOutside.com has partnered with OnlineShoes.com to give away a pair of Ahnu Elkridge WP Hiking Boots! We recently tested and reviewed a pair of these kicks and found them to be comfortable, but burly at the same time. While hiking on snowy trails in the Wasatch, the Ahnu Elkridge shoes were stable, had very...
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Art and outdoor recreation are strange bedfellows. In the digital age of instant photos and videos capturing skiers and mountain bikers shredding the mountainside, there’s little room for the slow brush of paint strokes to capture a scene of action-sports beauty. But one local artist, Chris Miles, has been doing just that: painting surreal...
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Tags: art, Chris Miles, paintings, Skiing, Utah, Wasatch Mountains
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Utah it seems, has become the center of the outdoor recreation universe, and as a result, a lot of amazing adventurers choose to live here. We’re lucky to be the cultural hub of outdoorsyness, as stories of high adventure are shared by world travelers who bring their incredible stories back home. The Utah Adventure...
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Tags: Dean Cardinale, Iron Blosam Lodge, Jennifer Jordan, Kyle Dempster, outdoor recreation, Snowbird, Tyson Bradley, Utah, Utah Adventure Journal, Utah Adventure Journal Speaker Series, Wasatch Front, Winslow Passey
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Ready or not, here we go: the snow is flying and it’s time to shred! Just like you, your snowboard has been on summer vacation. It’s tempting to simply pull it out of the closet and strap in, but with just a little maintenance your ride will be exponentially better. Resist the urge to...
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Tags: hot wax, outdoor recreation, snowboarding, tune up
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The weather is gorgeous and it’s time to get out and have fun in downtown Salt Lake City at the Utah Arts Festival. This is the 35th Anniversary of the show, and it gets bigger and better every year. If you’re heading downtown, ditch the car and grab the bike. The eARTH Team and...
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Tags: cycling, outdoor news, Salt Lake City, Utah Arts Festival
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