You can almost smell winter in the air when Utah Avalanche Center Fundraisers are on the horizon. In fact, the big party at the Black Diamond Store in Salt Lake City is on September 16th, and tickets are on sale right now. Like every year, the Utah Avalanche Center depends on backcountry users to help…
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Kiva Walk makes footprints across Utah
Driving on the most desolate stretch of Highway 6 between Price and Green River over Labor Day Weekend, a strange vision lumbered in the distance. What looked like a large moose through waves of desert heat clarified into a man pushing a pack-filled cart as we sped closer. He was followed by another man carrying a large backpack. The…
Park City Point 2 Point – go for the party
The Park City Point 2 Point mountain bike race almost sold out within five hours of open registration way back in February. With such a small field of competitors, chances are you are not one of them. If that’s the case, you can still head up to Park City on Labor Day Weekend and take part…
White Rim Trail washout closes Mineral Bottom switchbacks
Mountain bikers and four-wheel-drive enthusiasts with permits to ride the White Rim Trail will have to change their plans after a huge storm caused severe damage to the switchbacks at Mineral Bottom. The storm hit Canyonlands National Park on Friday, August 20, dropping enough heavy rain to create a flood that cut out a giant…
Big changes at The Canyons ski resort
Every ski season, resorts have some sort of on-mountain improvement, be it a new high speed quad or restaurant expansion. But for the 2010/11 ski season, The Canyons really does have some major improvements that will be ready to go when the snow flies. The Canyons has announced a major overhaul of the base area…
Red Bull Rampage returns to Utah
The Red Bull Rampage, a mountain bike freeride-event in Southern Utah, returns this fall. Located at a venue just outside Virgin, Utah, the Red Bull Rampage sends the world’s best mountain bikers through technical terrain filled with cliffs, gap jumps, and red-rock mountains that fall 1,000 vertical feet. It all goes down on October 1-3, 2010….
Outdoor Retailer 2010 Summer Market: Timex, OutDry, lilypond and Simple Shoes
The 2010 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market showcased the latest in new outdoor gear that will be available in retail stores in the spring of 2011, although some of the new products may already be sitting on store shelves today. Below is another small sampling of outdoor stuff from Timex, OutDry, lilypond and Simple Shoes that…
Buy Utah ski resort season passes early to save money
Season passes are now on sale at most Utah ski resorts, and even though many local skiers are bemoaning the usual yearly rate increase, it’s still smart to purchase during mid-summer for the best deal. Some resorts, like Snowbird and Alta, will increase their rates in the middle of September, while others won’t see a…
Works of art at Outdoor Retailer 2010 Summer Market
It seems the only way a new company can make it in today’s business climate is to design an environmentally conscious product. At Summer Outdoor Retailer 2010, two earth friendly companies, from two different genres, struck me with their simplicity, beauty, originality, and works of art: The Bamboo Bottle Company and Looptworks. Bamboo Bottle Company…
Killyons Canyon saved thanks to anonymous donor
View Larger Map One of the Salt Lake Valley’s least known canyons, Killyons Canyon, has been spared from the bulldozer of development and will forever be open space thanks to a $500,000 donation from someone who wants to remain anonymous. As we told you in an article last month, a deadline loomed for Utah Open Lands…