DPS, Salt Lake City’s own boutique ski maker known for high quality carbon skis, is finally releasing their elusive Spoon. We featured the ski way back in February, 2011 with the article, “DPS Spoon 150 with Cleat Technology adds 4th dimension to skis” and in September, 2011 when the company released video of the...
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Big news coming from Salomon and the Ragnar Relay, as the two companies have partnered to take the running team concept and overnight relay to the trails for the first time, and Utah will play host to the inaugural event. We all know and love the original Ragnar Wasatch Back, and now those of us...
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Skiing for charity – can there be a better combo? One way you can ski for a good cause is at the 6th annual Bob’s Vertical Challenge at Snowbasin. This year, Ski Utah has teamed up with Bob’s Vertical Challenge to help promote the event, which takes place on Tuesday, February 26th. Brandon Ott...
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The Backcountry Film Festival is returning to Brewvies Cinema Pub, and ski-touring specific films will once again be screened for all us freeheelers and lift shunners. This year it happens on January 24th. This year marks the 8th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival, and promises to be a celebration of the winter...
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The holiday season will soon be over, after Christmas and New Year’s wraps up and we all go back to our normal lives and schedules for another year. But just because the season of giving ends, doesn’t mean we all should say “Bah Humbug” the rest of the year. Good thing there are still...
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The Utah Adventure Journal Speaker Series is returning to Snowbird for its second year. The Wildflower Lounge at the Iron Blosam Lodge will once again be the venue for nine Thursdays this winter where you can hear inspiring tales of outdoor adventures from Utah’s most prolific outdoor athletes. Below is the lineup of the...
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Toll Canyon, a bit of open space sandwiched between the Summit Park, Timberline and Pinebrook developments in Summit County, is on the verge of becoming public land. According to UtahOpenLands.org, the owners of the land, RE Investment Holdings LLC, are offering 781 acres in the hopes of keeping it as open space. But while...
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January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month, and it’s a time for first-timers to get onto local ski slopes and learn how to ski or snowboard from a professional instructor for a minimal cost. It’s all meant to encourage more people to take up the sport. Well, organizers of the January Learn to...
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The backcountry can be an ugly place. Grizzled, bearded men populate the canyons and mountainsides of the Wasatch, with fewer of the fair sex getting after it. Our mountains would be more charismatic and probably be safer with more women ripping skins and making turns. Females are far more less likely to die in...
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Are you a Splitboarder? Aspiring splitboarder? Or maybe you’re just a history buff with a fetish for snow. Either way, you’ll love the Wasatch Splitboarder Speaker Series, being organized by the Splitboard Education Company. The first event of the 2012 series happens on Thursday, November 8th, and is about “The Early Years.” Brett “Cowboy”...
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