When you live in the mountains, nothing is more important than a good pair of hiking boots. Lucky for us, just about every shoe manufacturer out there makes high quality boots that are more than capable of letting you put one foot in front of the other on rocky trails. But not every boot is…
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Keen McKenzie water shoes review
Keen has built their brand by producing high quality outdoor footwear for years. The McKenzie water shoes share the same bomber build and attention to detail that have made the company so popular with adventure seekers. For the past four months I have tested the McKenzies all over Utah: from the slot canyons of the…
Survival Straps new to 2011 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market
Survival Straps is new to Outdoor Retailer for 2011. The company is based in Florida and have been making the straps right here in the USA since 2005. The idea is simple: military spec 550 paracord is braided and connected with a metal pin to form a wrist strap. If you get into a bind…
Hike to the Palisades Lakes in Idaho’s Snake River Range
Shhh… don’t say it out loud, but every now and then it’s nice to get out of Utah. The Snake River Mountain Range in southeastern Idaho is largely below 9,000′, so if the Uintas are still melting out and the desert is just too stinking hot, a road trip could be in order. Make the…
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Echo II Ultralight Shelter review
Earlier this year we reviewed the Windrider, an ultralight backpack made by Hyperlite Mountain Gear. The good review was music to the company’s ears, but there was a sour note. In the review I mentioned that I insisted on carrying my dome tent, while true ultralighters go with only a tarp or bivy sack. “Not…
2011 Venture Outdoors Festival in Millcreek
The 6th Annual Venture Outdoors Festival is happening on Saturday, June 18, 2011. Like in year’s past, the fest will take place at Canyon Rim Park in Millcreek. The Venture Outdoors Festival is a great coming together of outdoor minded folks to celebrate outdoor recreation in Utah. It’s also an ideal way to get kids…
Get on two wheels this May for National Bike Month
May is National Bike Month, and Utah is getting in on the action with dozens of events to get people on two wheels. Practically every day this May, there will be something going on in our state to educate about bikes, celebrate bikes, and ride bikes. As we all know, Utah is an awesome place to…
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Windrider Ultralight Pack review
Over the past few seasons “ultralight” has become one of the hottest new concepts in backpacking. Carrying less weight means you go further faster with less stress on your body and the environment. Hyperlite Mountain Gear is a company dedicated to the ultralight hiking style, and to help convert me they sent out the Windrider…
Suunto Foot POD Mini and GPS POD review
A successful training regimen requires tons of information compiled over dozens of weeks before you know all that hard work paid off. While training for the Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay, I’ve been using the Suunto T3d heart rate monitor to keep track of the overall training effect of my workouts. But heart rate and calories…
12 Hours of Snowbird raises $25k for FUAC
The hardcore skiers who gave up sleep to ski at Snowbird, in the dark, overnight, for 12 hours straight, ended up raising over $25,000 for the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center. The first annual 12 Hours of Snowbird event went down on February 17th and 18th from 7pm to 7am. Skiers and snowboarders lapped…