The 2014 Redbull Rampage had all the makings of a stellar event; an all-new venue, a roster of top athletes, and a budget from a company that sends people to space. However, Mother Nature had other plans. Teams began showing up in Virgin, Utah over a week ago to start construction on the lines that…
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Video: Whitewater Rafting Westwater Canyon
Say the words “class 4 rapids” and you’ll make my palms sweat. Of all the outdoor adventures in Utah, rafting is one I’m most afraid of. So rafting through Westwater Canyon on the Colorado River near Moab was a brave moment for me. I’m notoriously a “fish-out-of-water” when I’m in the water, and the thought…
Mountain biking Idaho singletrack… with bears (video)
Fisher Creek. Of all the mountain bike trails in Idaho, this is at the top of my list. As I clip into my pedals and point my front tire down the buff singletrack that snakes through a burned-out forest, I’m all excitement, and have no inkling of what’s waiting for us below. Despite living in…
Video: Snowbird Big Mountain Trail and Moab Singletrack
There’s never been a better time to be a mountain biker in Utah. New trails are being cut every year from north to south, east to west and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. The explosion of new mountain bike-specific trails is so unprecedented that the TV show, KSL Outdoors, went to…
Video: Time Flies
Sometimes you just need to get away from the Salt Lake Valley. Sure, we have pretty good mountain biking on the Wasatch Front, but the repetition of riding the same trails over and over again creates a ravenous urge to get away from city life and go south. Friend of UtahOutside.com, Mike DeBernardo, captures this…
Velocity Clip phone mount review
The Velocity Clip is described by the company as, “the world’s only universal smartphone and digital camera action mount.” When I first saw it displayed at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, my immediate thought was that it allows you to turn your phone into a poor man’s GoPro. So the kind folks at Velocity Clip…
Video: How to Avoid an Avalanche
Avalanche danger is downright spooky right now in Utah, so it is fitting that KSL Outdoors featured a story about how to stay safe in avalanche terrain. In it, they follow the Utah Avalanche Center’s Craig Gordon as he leads the Freeride Avalanche Workshop at Snowbasin. It’s a short bit that really generalizes the intricate…
Video: Leo Ahrens, January Ninth
Videos about skiing at Alta are beautiful, mostly because it’s hard to shoot anything ugly at the place… there’s beauty all around! But if you add in a ripping skier, shredding on a powder day to soulful, grey music, accompanied by the artistic musings of white-boy-afro-painter Bob Ross talking about how to create mountains, and…
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…