It’s probably Utah’s biggest mountain biking event… 24 Hours of Moab. Not only is it a mountain bike endurance race, but also a gathering of gear heads, a vibrant tent city among the red rock, party central with beer, food and music, and a chance to say goodbye to another summer of pedaling among Utah’s…
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Backpacking Yellow Creek in Bryce Canyon National Park
Backpacking in Bryce Canyon NP is a hybrid experience. It’s not quite a desert, and not quite a pine forest. And to be completely fair, Bryce Canyon really isn’t a canyon at all. It’s more like a handful of canyons with similar terrain. Hybrid, indeed. The fact that Bryce can’t be easily summed up only…
Hiking Bryce Canyon: Queens Garden/Navajo Trail Loop
There’s no two ways about it: Bryce Canyon is incredible. Located in the high desert of southern Utah, Bryce is a place where your imagination can run wild. A Paiute Indian tale explains how the hoodoos of the canyon came to be: “Before there were any Indians, the Legend People… lived in that place. There…
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…
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….
Arches National Park revisits climbing rules
Rock climbing at Arches National Park may see some new rules in the near future. Park officials are taking another look at the regulations governing rock climbing inside the park near Moab. The National Park Service says they want to look at expanding the regulations, but would like to hear from the public before making…
Lower Calf Creek Falls closed for construction
One of the most iconic landscapes of desert paradise in Utah will be off limits to the public for a month due to construction. The Calf Creek Recreation Area, located in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, will close on July 6th for approximately 30 days. This closure will affect access to the popular Lower Calf Creek…
Explore Kodachrome Basin State Park
Kodachrome Basin State Park is one of those places in Utah where the scenery is so colorful and strange that it could be a National Park in its own right. If it were located in any other state, it might be. But in Utah, the fact that it’s designated as a state park is a…
Surfing the Reef Part II: Cohab Canyon
Just a few days among Capitol Reef National Park’s intricate canyons and scenic viewpoints can feel like much longer. High walls, vibrant colors and forgotten coves just a mile off the main road will convince you that civilization has been left far behind. Even a short hike in the Reef can capture that feeling; one…
Surfing the Reef Part I: Navajo Knobs Trail
Capitol Reef National Park is nestled comfortably in the Middle of Nowhere, south central Utah. For hikers and campers seeking a true desert experience, this location couldn’t be more perfect. As with all the National Parks, there are crowds to deal with, but it’s a far cry from the hordes at Zion or Arches. At…