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...
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“The Gem of the Wasatch.” The new Pinecone Ridge Trail in Park City has already earned that moniker, and is laregly considered an instant classic by those who have gone mountain biking up her singletrack. What originally makes Pinecone Ridge such a hit is the fact that riders have a new way to access...
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Want to get high the easy way? Settle down, Ziggy Marley, I’m talking about elevation. As in, over 11,000′. Sugarloaf Peak is a great way to bag a big peak with minimum effort. Along the way you’ll see vibrant wildflowers, a gorgeous mountain lake, and maybe even some wildlife. Sounds good, right? Well, grab...
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The Cassidy Trail, located in Southern Utah’s Red Canyon, is well known as the place where the famous old-west outlaw Butch Cassidy hid out to escape the law after rustling cattle and robbing trains. But these days, the canyon that bears Cassidy’s name is a place of singletrack goodness where hiking, horseback riding, and...
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Red Canyon, located between the town of Panguitch and Bryce Canyon National Park, is a fantastic area for outdoor recreation set among stunning scenery. Unfortunately, most people simply drive through on their way to the more famous national park next door. Little do they know that there is so much to do in Red...
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Every year as NBC Sports Network airs the Tour de France and the Ironman World Championship you’ll see ads promoting a simple wrist band called Road ID. You may think that Road ID is for pro athletes who cycle for a living, but that myth is FALSE! Utah is home to an amazing landscape...
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Whistler, North Star at Tahoe, Keystone… Canyons? The first three ski resorts are well known as downhill mountain biking meccas, but there has never been a true lift-accessed bike park with flow trails in Utah. Canyons Resort in Park City aims to change that. In spring 2011, the resort announced that they would be...
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Capitol Reef National Park in central Utah affords hikers a huge variety of adventures. Slot canyons, slickrock trails, and ancient rock art are just a few of the highlights awaiting those who seek them. There is also the amazing Sulphur Creek hike, and while not officially a park trail, this one is a must-see....
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Slot canyons are some of the most intriguing places to enjoy in the Colorado Plateau. There’s just something special about exploring these narrow ditches whose walls sometimes rise hundreds of feet above your head. Capitol Reef National Park isn’t the place that might come to mind when searching out new slots to hike, but...
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The Mueller Park Trail, located in the mountains above Bountiful, is a classic ride that mountain bikers go back to again and again. The well maintained singletrack that goes from low elevation shrubs to high altitude pines and is rideable most of the year is a mainstay of Northern Utah’s urban mountain biking scene,...
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