Skiing for charity – can there be a better combo? One way you can ski for a good cause is at the 6th annual Bob’s Vertical Challenge at Snowbasin. This year, Ski Utah has teamed up with Bob’s Vertical Challenge to help promote the event, which takes place on Tuesday, February 26th. Brandon Ott with…
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Backcountry Film Festival coming to Brewvies
The Backcountry Film Festival is returning to Brewvies Cinema Pub, and ski-touring specific films will once again be screened for all us freeheelers and lift shunners. This year it happens on January 24th. This year marks the 8th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival, and promises to be a celebration of the winter spirit…
Help the Road Home at the Park City Stomp
The holiday season will soon be over, after Christmas and New Year’s wraps up and we all go back to our normal lives and schedules for another year. But just because the season of giving ends, doesn’t mean we all should say “Bah Humbug” the rest of the year. Good thing there are still ways…
Utah Adventure Journal 2013 Speaker Series
The Utah Adventure Journal Speaker Series is returning to Snowbird for its second year. The Wildflower Lounge at the Iron Blosam Lodge will once again be the venue for nine Thursdays this winter where you can hear inspiring tales of outdoor adventures from Utah’s most prolific outdoor athletes. Below is the lineup of the 2013…
Take the “Bring a Friend Challenge” at Utah resorts
January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month, and it’s a time for first-timers to get onto local ski slopes and learn how to ski or snowboard from a professional instructor for a minimal cost. It’s all meant to encourage more people to take up the sport. Well, organizers of the January Learn to Ski…
Brighton first Utah ski resort to open for 2012/13 season
In the race to see who can claim bragging rights as the first Utah ski resort open for the 2012/2013 ski season, Brighton wins. The Big Cottonwood Canyon resort fired up the lifts early on Tuesday morning, November 13th, to the cheers of excited skiers and snowboarders. Over four feet of snow fell in the…
Friday Video: 2011-2012 Utah Backcountry Review
Who knew the Utah Avalanche Center could make a ski movie as good as any other adrenaline-fueled tomfoolery currently on tour in mountain towns? For this week’s Friday Video, we’re featuring the UAC’s “2011-2012 Utah Backcountry Review,” an educational recap about last season’s snowpack and avalanche accident season. If you think that may sound like…
SLUG Games Revenge of the Nerds for geeks and dweebs
For the last 13 years, SLUG Magazine has left their underground urban fortress to head in the hills for the annual SLUG Games. The SLUG Games is an amateur ski/snowboarding series with funky twists and inventive competitions that can only come from the people at SLUG. This year is the 13th annual SLUG Games, and…
Salomon to host amateur ski video contest
Calling all aspiring ski movie-makers! Get all your sweet-ass ski and snowboard footage and GoPro video you shot last season and put together your most creative, sickbird edit, because Salomon is hosting an amateur ski video contest here in Utah, and the winner gets a pair of Salomon Rocker 2 skis. To enter, you simply…
Endure 25 Hours in Frog Hollow
Many endurance mountain bikers have ridden in a 24-hour race, but how many of you have ever been on your bike for 25? Well, Hurricane, Utah is home to one, and it’s being called the, “longest 1-day race, ever.” It’s 25 Hours in Frog Hollow, and it promises to get your saddle sore and your…