Sometimes you just need to get away from the Salt Lake Valley. Sure, we have pretty good mountain biking on the Wasatch Front, but the repetition of riding the same trails over and over again creates a ravenous urge to get away from city life and go south. Friend of UtahOutside.com, Mike DeBernardo, captures this…
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The finality of ski season’s end in the Uintas
Sometimes, you just need a good smack upside the head to look at reality. When it comes to ski season, that reality blurs and those of us unwilling to let winter go keep skiing until there isn’t a shred of snow left. A few good days of spring corn keep us going back for more,…
Utah National Trails Day 2014 volunteer opportunites
National Trails Day is coming up fast! This Saturday, June 7th volunteers from all over Utah will converge on our trails with shovels, picks and saws in a massive effort to repair, build and maintain our awesome singletrack networks. If you hike, mountain bike, or even ride horses on your local trails, stepping up and…
Summer skiing in the Uinta Mountains
Summer is a sad time of year for skiers. But what we lose in snow, powder turns and cold air, we gain in having a brief window to ski a place we can’t otherwise access. The Uinta Mountains is one such place. The Mirror Lake Highway, the main artery through the Unitas that goes from…
Hiking Little Wild Horse Canyon
What the San Rafael Swell doesn’t lack is trails, but one trail in particular is by far the most popular hike in the area: Little Wild Horse Canyon. There is good reason for masses of people who squeeze through this classic Utah slot every year. First, it’s among the most beautiful slot canyons in Utah…
Mountain Biking Dead Horse Point State Park
Moab is known far and wide as a mecca for mountain biking, and the expansive trail systems are ever expanding. One of the most recent additions are the nine miles of new trails at Dead Horse Point State Park. Previously, riders had a few nice trail options on the east side of the park access…
McCoy Flats mountain bike trails threatened by proposed highway
One of Utah’s premiere mountain bike trails, and the centerpiece of Vernal’s trail network, is being threatened by a proposed 5-lane highway. The road, dubbed the Ashley Valley Energy Route, will be 12.3 miles long by 250 feet wide. According to the BLM, approximately 3.16 miles of the road would be located on BLM land….
Snowbird ownership changes hands
The big news coming out of Little Cottonwood Canyon is that Snowbird has been sold. In an announcement on May 12, 2014, Dick Bass sold his majority ownership of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort to the Cumming family, who also own Powdr Corp, which also operates Park City Mountain Resort. Dick Bass will remain as…
Sherpa fundraiser to help Everest avalanche victims
The single most deadly accident ever to befall Mount Everest happened on April 18th, when a block of ice broke loose above the Khumbu Icefall above base camp, which unleashed a massive avalanche that killed 16 Sherpa guides. The slide at 20,000 feet buried Sherpas who were setting up ropes and camps along the route…
Trip Report: backcountry skiing the Wellsville Mountains
There is so much backcountry ski terrain along the Wasatch Front, it’s super easy to explore world-class terrain right in our own backyards. But somehow, certain areas, despite their ease-of-access, get overlooked. The Wellsville Mountains above the Logan Valley are one such place, but there’s no reason for it. These mountains are steep (supposedly the…