Each new year we look back at the adventures we had and news articles posted in the last 12 months. To figure out the top 5 articles of 2018, I dug into the archives and pulled the most-viewed stories posted in the past year (excluding gear reviews which will get its own top 5 article)….
Category: Media
Reel Rock 13 coming to Salt Lake City
Winter may be coming but you can still get stoked on rock climbing, especially now that Reel Rock 13 is coming to Salt Lake City. Reel Rock is an outdoor adventure film tour and festival with a focus on rock climbing. The tour brings the best climbing and adventure films of the year to audiences…
Video: Hiking Kings Peak with prosthetic legs
Have you ever hiked King’s Peak before? Now imagine hiking all 30 miles and 4-thousand feet of elevation gain to Utah’s highest point on prosthetic legs. It’s a damn impressive feat and Sid Smith accomplished it. The trip is documented in a new film titled, “3 Sons & a King.” When Sid was a child,…
Utah featured in TGR’s new film, “Far Out”
Don’t you just hate misleading headlines? Me too. So apologies for the headline of this article. Teton Gravity Research unleashed the trailer for their latest ski film, “Far Out.” While I don’t know if Utah skiing features prominently in the movie (based on the trailer I highly doubt it) there are two Utah landmarks that…
2017 Backcountry Film Festival is coming to Brewvies
“Celebrating the Winter Human-Powered Experience.” That’s the motto of the Winter Wildlands Alliance. If that’s a mantra you also live by, then get your butt to downtown Salt Lake City on November 16th because their 2017 Backcountry Film Festival is coming to Brewvies. Adventure, environment and climate, youth outdoors, ski culture- you’ll find it…
SLC premiere of “Numinous” at Fisher Beer
It’s that time of year when ski films are rolling through Salt Lake City. While Warren Miller and the Ascent Slide Show, plus This is Home by Faction have already dropped, you’ll have another chance to get stoked on winter. On Sunday and Monday, October 22 & 23, pair local beer with your ski porn…
Ski Movie Review: This Is Home by Faction Collective
October: the perfect time to start getting hyped for the winter. The air is cooler, the leaves are turning, and ski and snowboard films are being released by the dozens. Faction Collective released their first ever ski film, and I was lucky enough to catch a screening at The Depot back on October 12th. True…
REI presents “Follow Through” featuring Caroline Gleich
REI is well into their #ForceOfNature campaign. The goal is to “level the playing field” for women recreating outdoors. This week they launched a video featuring Utah’s own Caroline Gleich titled, Follow Through. The film documents Gleich’s successful attempt to be the first woman to ski all 90 routes in Andrew McLean’s classic steep-skiing guide…
Video: September Pow 2017
It’s only September in Utah but winter had already arrived in the Wasatch Mountains. A massive, early-fall storm dropped tons of snow in upper Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons that made the peaks look more like January than September. Of course diehard locals with no fear of gouging their skis hiked up Alta for some…
2017 Wasatch Mountain Film Festival is bigger and better
The 2017 Wasatch Mountain Film Festival starts on Monday, June 19th and run through Saturday, June 24th. This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever as more movies, more guest hosts, and more overall fun is on the docket. Exclusive to UtahOutside.com readers, you can get 50% off your tickets or festival…