Ever wanted to speed down an Olympic-style luge course, but didn’t have the guts (or access to the venue in Park City) to make it happen? Well, why not build you own? Karl Meltzer, a Utah ultrarunner, built his own handmade sledding luge in the Wasatch Mountains as part of his off-season training. Damn does…
Tag: Video
Video: World’s Largest Rope Swing
The video is called, “World’s Largest Rope Swing.” Whether that is true or not is irrelevant and would probably require the folks at Guinness Book of World Records to be on hand to confirm it. Instead of that debatable title, the following video should instead be called, “World’s Most Sick Video Ever!” Imagine running and…
In memory of Sarah Burke
Sarah Burke, the freestyle skier who revolutionized women’s halfpipe skiing, succumbed to her injuries sustained in a ski crash and died peacefully in a Salt Lake City hospital. According to KSL.com, University of Utah officials confirmed in a statement that Burke passed away at 9:22 a.m. while being surrounded by her family. As a result…
Video: 360-degree view of Slickrock Trail mountain bike ride
Will technology never cease? With the proliferation of pocket-sized cameras flooding the outdoor recreation marketplace, it’s never been easier to document your totally rad descent of Wicked Hell Peak, or show off that epic mountain bike ride through Tacky Love Canyon… so to speak. Everything from HD GoPros to our smartphones allow easy recording and…
Video: Brighton Powderfest
No matter how you got down the hill or who you did it with, the 2011 season was epic. Greatest season ever? That one is up for debate, but one thing is certain: as far as the Utah record books go, it was the deepest season ever. Record breaking snowfall? Bluebird days with two feet…
Video: Mesa Riding
The nice thing about Utah, is that it could be puking snow outside in the north, and be sunny and warm down in St. George and Hurricane. For those of you who despise the snow, and hate (or don’t know) how to ski, then mountain biking down south can be the only way of escaping…
Canyoneering Pine Creek Canyon in Zion National Park
There’s a lot of reasons to visit Zion National Park, but nothing there offers more fun than canyoneering. Pine Creek Canyon is one of the easiest and most fun technical slot canyons in Zion, and is one of many “must do” adventures in Southern Utah. Pine Creek, though technical and dangerous, is one of the easiest…
Video: “The Deepest Season”
We here at UtahOutside.com are not professional ski movie makers like Powderwhore Productions, or flat out artistic geniuses like the folks at Sweetgrass. But we do like to whip out the video camera from time to time while traveling and skiing the mountains in Utah’s backcountry. During the record snowfall of the 2010/2011 ski season, we shot a lot…
Enter Snowbird’s Local Hero POV Video Contest
Got any badass POV footage of yourself skiing or snowboarding? Then you have a chance to win Snowbird’s Local Hero POV Video Contest. If you don’t, then charge up those camera batteries and wipe off the lens because as soon and the snow flies, you’ll want to start shooting footage to edit together and send…
Video: Mountain Biking the Whole Enchilada
Of all the mountain bike rides in Utah, no trails can promise to have a little bit of everything quite like the Whole Enchilada in Moab. The name itself describes the ride, as it’s a trail that truly does have it all: from forested mountain singletrack, to doubletrack in sagebrush flats, to slickrock in red…