Vail Resorts scored a huge win this week as their capitol improvement plan for Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) and Canyons was approved by the Park City Planning Commission. The biggest news of the plan is that Vail will now be able to construct an interconnect gondola, linking Canyons Resort to Park City Mountain Resort,…
Scarpa Freedom SL Alpine Touring Boots review
A happy medium. That’s all I want when shopping for alpine touring boots. That medium is good tourability with excellent downhill performance. The lightest boots with the most range-of-motion I’ve found to be wimps on the ski down, but boots that are stiff and stable on the descent can be heavy and uncomfortable on the…
10th Annual Antelope Island Buffalo Run
What is the proper response when a buffalo charges you? Most people have never thought about it. March 21st 2015 marked the 10th Annual Antelope Island Buffalo Run put on by founder and race director Jim Skaggs. The increasingly popular trail run was held at one of Utah’s many one-off destinations, Antelope Island, a barren…
Wasatch Trail Run Series kicks off in Draper
Trail running season is upon us. For proof, look no further than the Wasatch Trail Run Series, which kicks off at Corner Canyon in Draper. On Wednesday, April 8th at 6:30 pm, join your fellow trail runners for a fun event to get your running legs under you. For just $20, you get to compete…
Backcountry skiing at Idaho’s Coyote Yurt
Backcountry skiing from yurts is among my favorite things to do in the winter months. And my favorite place to go isn’t in Utah, but in Idaho at one of the Sun Valley Trekking yurts in the Sawtooth National Forest. This year, we booked the Coyote Yurt, known for its access to 2,000-foot descents through…
Clif Organic Energy Food review
Sick and tired of energy bars or gels while recreating? Well, so are some Team Clif Bar athletes who worked with the company to concoct new Clif Organic Energy Food. These meal pouches feature unusual flavors not usually associated with energy bars – flavors like Pizza Margherita, Sweet Potato with Sea Salt and Banana Beet…
Ride the 5th Annual Hurricane Mountain Bike Festival
Hurricane is the new Moab. Don’t agree? Then get your saddle-sore butt down to southwest Utah for the Hurricane Mountain Bike Festival. For three days from March 28- 30, the bike-savvy guys and gals from Over The Edge Sports will be organizing rides through some of the most spectacular trails in the world. With Zion…
Brighton part of new 22 resort M.A.X. Pass
The Utah ski industry is about to be shaken up once again. For the 2015/16 season, Brighton Resort will join 21 other ski areas in the U.S. and Canada in a new pass network that will give the Vail Resorts Epic Pass a run for its money. It’s called the M.A.X. Pass – a collaboration…
Woolx Merino X-Plorer Base Layer review
I’m very picky about my base layers, mostly because I’ve become spoiled from merino wool. Now, all I want to wear when skiing is merino. So when Woolx, a company based out of Endicott, New York, asked if I’d like to try some X-Plorer base layers, they didn’t have to twist my arm too hard….
Snowbasin fatal avalanche the first of the 2015 season
We came so close! Myself, along with my backcountry skiing friends, had just remarked how cool it was that there have been no avalanche fatalities yet during the 2014/15 ski season. Fingers were crossed that we might have a zero-fatality season. But with a big storm falling on powder-starved skiers and snowboarders, perhaps it was…