Alta’s opening weekend for the 2013/14 ski season was better than anyone could have expected! A few major fall storms blanketed the Wasatch, which was quickly consumed by backcountry skiers skinning and hiking up Alta’s runs. But a week before opening day, Alta closed the mountain to uphill traffic. A few smaller storms blew through…
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Backcountry.com offers Women’s Avalanche Safety Workshop
Avalanche safety instruction is vital when backcountry skiing, and more options for learning pop up every year. Now online gear retailer, backcountry.com, is jumping into the fray by offering more than just gear with their S.A.F.E. A.S. Women’s Intro to Avalanche Safety clinics. Held 4 times in December, these clinics will be led by pro…
Alta and Snowbird open for 2013/14 season
Alta and Snowbird opened for the season this week, which means all Cottonwood Canyon resorts are completely operational for the 2013/14 ski and snowboard season. Early season conditions are pretty good as recent storms have created a descent base and enough coverage for several lifts and runs to open. Alta opened on Friday, November 22nd…
Powder Awards return to Salt Lake City
It’s the biggest night in skiing, or at least ski movies, or at least ski movie award ceremonies… ok, it’s just a big night in skiing. But the 14th Annual Powder Awards are big, and they return to Salt Lake City this December. With ski season just getting underway, the best ski athletes and filmmakers…
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…
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…
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…
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,…