I’ll be honest, I’ve never been a huge fan of Teton Gravity Research movies. They were always plagued with the same trap of repetitive ski porn, and as a result, I never paid them mind when their latest offerings rolled through Salt Lake. But after hearing about the quality, documentary style of the Jeremy Jones…
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Video: Whitewater Rafting Westwater Canyon
Say the words “class 4 rapids” and you’ll make my palms sweat. Of all the outdoor adventures in Utah, rafting is one I’m most afraid of. So rafting through Westwater Canyon on the Colorado River near Moab was a brave moment for me. I’m notoriously a “fish-out-of-water” when I’m in the water, and the thought…
Mountain biking Idaho singletrack… with bears (video)
Fisher Creek. Of all the mountain bike trails in Idaho, this is at the top of my list. As I clip into my pedals and point my front tire down the buff singletrack that snakes through a burned-out forest, I’m all excitement, and have no inkling of what’s waiting for us below. Despite living in…
Video: Powderwhore Productions’ “Some Thing Else” Trailer
You know fall is knocking on our doors when ski movie trailers start hitting the interwebs. Well, Utah’s own Powderwhore Productions released the trailer for their latest yearbook ski flick. “Some Thing Else” is the name of their 2014/15 ski season creation, starring many local skiers like the Provo Brothers, Noah Howell and Andrew McLean….
Video: Snowbird Big Mountain Trail and Moab Singletrack
There’s never been a better time to be a mountain biker in Utah. New trails are being cut every year from north to south, east to west and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. The explosion of new mountain bike-specific trails is so unprecedented that the TV show, KSL Outdoors, went to…
Video: Time Flies
Sometimes you just need to get away from the Salt Lake Valley. Sure, we have pretty good mountain biking on the Wasatch Front, but the repetition of riding the same trails over and over again creates a ravenous urge to get away from city life and go south. Friend of UtahOutside.com, Mike DeBernardo, captures this…
Video: How to Avoid an Avalanche
Avalanche danger is downright spooky right now in Utah, so it is fitting that KSL Outdoors featured a story about how to stay safe in avalanche terrain. In it, they follow the Utah Avalanche Center’s Craig Gordon as he leads the Freeride Avalanche Workshop at Snowbasin. It’s a short bit that really generalizes the intricate…
Videos: Ski-BASE Hellgate and BASE Jump Squaw Peak
Clayton Hoyt Butler and Amber Bellows are two Utahns that clearly were born to fly, and not just because that’s the tagline of their blog. This couple travels all over Utah looking for cliffs to jump from, slopes to Ski-Fly, scenery to enjoy and wildlife to admire. But it’s new videos of this gravity-fueled duo…
Video: Leo Ahrens, January Ninth
Videos about skiing at Alta are beautiful, mostly because it’s hard to shoot anything ugly at the place… there’s beauty all around! But if you add in a ripping skier, shredding on a powder day to soulful, grey music, accompanied by the artistic musings of white-boy-afro-painter Bob Ross talking about how to create mountains, and…
Video: All is Well in the Swell
Don’t pull out those skis and put the mountain bike away just yet! There’s riding to be done in Southern Utah, and friend of UtahOutside.com, Mike DeBernardo, took advantage of the fall weather in the San Rafael Swell. Of course he’s more than just a mountain biker, but a massively talented photographer and video editor…