Ogden is the place to be at the end of January when WinterFest 2011 takes over the city’s Historic 25th Street. This year’s event takes place on January 28th and 29th, and as in year’s past, snow will be trucked in from the mountains to create a bona-fide snowpack on the pavement for all manner of…
Author: Jared Hargrave
Salomon BBR Skis review
The new Salomon BBR ski has gotten a lot of hype lately, thanks to its promise to be the ski that can do everything. From groomers to hardpack, powder and ice, the BBR’s V-shaped design should handle it all, while making skiers look good in the process. The ski is currently on a multi-state “Shape…
Backcountry Film Festival at Brewvies
Utah is the the grip of deep winter, which means backcountry skiing is at its peak. But if your backcountry experience has been lacking, or you need inspiration to just get out there, then maybe the Backcountry Film Festival will give you a kick in the pants. The Backcountry Film Festival is touring to ski…
Garmont Momentum Snow GTX Winter Boots review
As a child growing up in Colorado, there were only two choices when shopping for winter boots – Sorels and Moon Boots. Boy how times have changed. Nowadays every outdoor company that manufactures shoes also has a line of winter boots that are warmer and lighter than the clunky stompers of year’s past. The Garmont…
Snowbird seeks Mount Superior roller coaster
The headline will have backcountry skiers screaming, “Nooooooooo!!!” But a proposed plan by Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort to build a roller coaster on Mount Superior isn’t quite like the image of a steel track winding down from the top of the peak to the resort. In fact, according to KSL, Save Our Canyons Executive…
Outdoor Retailer 2011 Winter Market preview
The Outdoor Retailer 2011 Winter Market is fast approaching, and UtahOutside.com is going to be there, checking out all the new gear that will hit store shelves next fall, as well as cool events that catch our eye. Twice every year, Outdoor Retailer fills the Salt Palace Covention Center, creating a gearhead’s nirvana that can…
X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival 2011 in Utah
Forget about Sundance. If you’re any sort of action sports/outdoor recreation/mountain lover, and you’re in Utah the third week of January, then the GoPro X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival is your ground zero for the biggest, baddest and best rock climbing, surfing, mountain biking, skiing, and outdoor documentary films of the year. This go-round is…
Voile Charger backcountry skis review
Voile is a local ski company that has long been on my radar since they manufacture their backcountry skis right here in Utah. They also make some damn-fine skis, as evidenced in the awesome Voile Charger backcountry skis. Awesome? Hell yea. The Voile Charger are my favorite new ski that I’ve been able to test…
Backcountry skiing Greens Basin
When it comes to backcountry ski terrain, it’s good to have those go-to places for any eventuality. On a powder day with a stable snowpack, you can ski pretty much anywhere. But sometimes the avalanche danger is too high for open slopes, or it hasn’t snowed in so long that the mountains are covered in…
Ski your legs off at 12 Hours of Snowbird
A new ski event makes its debut at Snowbird this year, and it sounds like a doosy. 12 Hours of Snowbird is a non-stop ski fest where, as the title implies, you ski for 12 hours straight. Plus, it’s a competition that benefits the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center which is reason alone to…