Sometimes you just need to rock. Sure, the peaceful sounds of nature can create a wonderful melody, but when the campfire is burning bright, I don’t mind an electric guitar riff or two. So how are you going to pump up your jams? We all know someone who’s run their car battery dead after a…
Video: 2012-2013 Utah Backcountry Review
Ah, those guys over at the Utah Avalanche Center sure know how to take a serious thing like avalanches and make them lighthearted and fun. Well, more avalanche forecaster Craig Gordon than anyone else. Of course he doesn’t really take slides lightly, but for the past few years, he and his cohort, Trent Meisenheimer, compiled…
Mountain Khakis Quilted Reversible Jacket review
The Mountain Khakis Quilted Reversible Jacket is exactly what it says it is. It’s a jacket, it’s quilted, and it’s reversible; one side is a solid color and the other is plaid. Gotta love outdoor gear with a name that makes sense. I’ve been wearing this coat nearly every day this fall, and seriously put…
2013/14 Ski Season Begins In Utah!
The slopes are crusty, and the open lifts are few, but make no mistake about it: the 2013/14 Utah ski season is underway! Brighton Resort got things started a day earlier than originally announced when they had a two hour opening party on November 7th (and it was all free!). However, both Brighton and Solitude…
Video: KSL Outdoors – Mountain Biking Southern Utah
The KSL Outdoors show is usually about hunting, fishing, and motorized outdoor sports in Utah. But last week, a very different episode hit the airwaves when they dedicated a whole show about mountain biking in Southern Utah. From the Red Bull Rampage, to Outerbike in Moab, to riding the Good Water Rim Trail at the…
Hiking the new Thousand Oaks section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail
New trails are being built in Utah all the time, but it’s rare to see a newly-completed section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail… until now. The long awaited Thousand Oaks section of the BST was finished in late summer and is open to the public. This new bit of trail is a 2.6-mile section that adds…
Support Mountain Trails Foundation for Live PC/Give PC
A huge fundraising effort is happening in Park City on November 8th, called Live PC/Give PC. The event is a 24 hour marathon of giving where you can support the non-profit organizations that make Park City awesome. Every donation you make gives your favorite organization the chance to win matching grants and prizes, and one…
Video: Pre-Halloween Powder at Alta
For most in Utah, ski season is a few weeks away, but for a dedicated few, skiing and snowboarding started a while ago. Alta has been hammered by early-season storms, and quite the base is building up for the 2013/14 ski season. As ski bums are wont to do, they’ve been touring up on low-angle…
Only in Utah: Herding Bison on Antelope Island
The Antelope Island Bison Roundup is as real as it gets. Every October, just as the fall air begins to really settle into the Great Salt Lake Valley, Antelope Island plays home to one of the greatest adrenaline fixes the old west ever knew. Sure, the island also has good mountain biking and even skiing,…
IMBA awards Park City mountain bike trail a 2013 Epic
Park City has already been honored as a Gold Level Ride Center by the IMBA, and now our little mountain biking hamlet has yet another award to toot about, as the Park City Epic ride has been awarded an IMBA 2013 Epic. Guess that makes sense based on the name, eh? The ride that gets…