Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction is only 19 miles from the Utah/Colorado border, therefore is a must-see stop while on a Colorado road trip. This part of Colorado might as well be called “Utah East.” The monument’s red rock canyons with deep, dramatic cliffs would be at home anywhere in southeastern Utah. There are…
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Liberty Sequence ski review
Liberty is a small ski company based in Avon, Colorado. While they are relatively new (they were founded in 2003) they are rapidly growing. Their exclusive use of bamboo cores set them apart from the pack, and successful skis like the Helix proved that they were the real deal. As a Colorado native, I’ve been keenly…
Happiest of Holidays from all of us at UtahOutside!
Wishing all of our readers a Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from UtahOutside.com! As we and the dogs head to Colorado’s front range for the holidays, we’re sad to leave behind all this fresh snow that is dumping on the Wasatch right now, especially after that dry spell. Ah well, those of you sticking around…
Friday Video: Colorado Trail Race 2013
The video, “Colorado Trail Race 2013,” is an inspiring look at what it might be like to ride your mountain bike from Denver to Durango on the Colorado Trail. I’m talking 70,000 feet of climbing over 550 miles and it’s all self supported. A very good friend of UtahOutside.com, Mike DeBernardo, participated in this year’s…
Rafting Westwater Canyon
Utah has no shortage of excellent whitewater rafting runs, but few are as accessible as Westwater Canyon. Westwater is the first canyon the Colorado River flows through after it crosses the Utah border. It’s the quintessential desert river trip: beautiful scenery, challenging whitewater, abandoned outlaw hideouts, and absolute solitude. What’s more, the river has a…
Video: Colorado MTB Road Trip
Utah has some of the best mountain biking in the world, and we’re privileged to have it all right here in our back yards. But sometimes you just need to cut loose and explore the singletrack in neighboring states. That’s just what Utah mountain biker and friend of UtahOutside.com, Jared Anderton, did recently when he…
Help victims of Colorado’s devastating wildfires with Wild Fire Tees
It seems the entire state of Utah is on fire, with dozens of wildfires scorching hundreds of thousands of acres across our mountains. Whole towns have been evacuated, homes have been destroyed, and just when we think it can’t get any worse, more huge fires keep popping up. Well, it can be worse… much worse….
Mountain Biking The Ribbon in Grand Junction, Colorado
The Ribbon, located in Grand Junction, Colorado, is probably one of the coolest rides in the Eastern Utah/Western Colorado mountain biking complex. Of course, points are taken off The Ribbon for being located in Colorado, but honestly, the landscape of the whole Grand Junction and Fruita area looks more like Utah anyway, so it geographically…
Video: Mountain Biking Fruita + Grand Junction, Colorado
Skiing in Utah is still going full blast. Meanwhile, skiers are missing out on mountain biking that is already approaching peak season in southern Utah and western Colorado. While Moab and the St. George areas are home to our favorite desert trails, we also take road trips to another sweet place to ride this time…
Outdoor Retailer 2010 Summer Market: new Colorado companies
Christmas has come early and it’s called Outdoor Retailer. If you’re one of the privledged 21,000 attendees, you know what I mean. I obtained one of the “Golden Tickets”, and yes the soundtrack from Willie Wonka is running through my head as I write. I can’t help but feel inspired, overwhelmed, and strangely at ease…