Spring backcountry skiing often means that approach routes are bare dirt, mud or even green grass. But one place that still hold snow from the car to the peaks is White Pine in Little Cottonwood Canyon. This high-elevation canyon is a corn-mecca with mountains like Red Stack, Lake Peak, Red Baldy and White Baldy all…
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New course announced for Park City Half-Marathon
Sick and tired of the same-old scenery on the Park City Half-Marathon’s out-and-back course? Well, the good news is that it’s all going to change this year. The Mountain trail Foundation has announced that the new half-marathon will now be a loop that showcases some of the best trails and scenery in the Park City…
Backcountry skiing Lewiston Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains
The road ahead is rocky, rutted, steep, muddy, snowy and treacherous. Taking a deep breath, I put my older-model Nissan Pathfinder into 4×4 low, and slowly crawl up the mountainside. I’m nervous, but Adam’s enthusiasm about the Pathfinder’s off-road capability convinces me to drive a mile beyond the trailhead parking lot on a route that…
New rock climbing access plan proposed for Little Cottonwood Canyon
Big changes are afoot for rock climbers who frequent the crags and boulders in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon. A new rock climbing access plan is proposed by the U.S. Forest Service that involves a new trailhead, removal of the old Grit Mill, a parking lot, climbing access trails, and stabilization of belay and crash pads….
Boards and Bikes: Backcountry skiing Haystack Mountain in Moab
Moab is the world’s mountain biking mecca, so it’s no surprise that we draw stares from people when rolling down Main Street with skis on the rack. Well, spring is the season to both mountain bike and ski in red rock country, so the full suspensions are on the rack as well. On this trip,…
Alta in April Days are here!
Spring is probably my favorite time of year to ski. The snowpack is deep, the spring storms come in big and heavy, the days are warm, the sun shines bright, corn snow is massively fun to ski on, and every day feels like a party. The beer flows on lodge decks, heavy jackets come off…
Oquirrh spring skiing on Lowe Peak
The Oquirrh Mountains, Salt Lake City’s “other” range on the west side of the city, is like the redheaded stepchild that gets no love compared to the Wasatch. But despite the range’s confusing access because of an obscene amount of private property, and very little in the way of developed trail heads and general information,…
Adventure Gear Expo comes to Utah this May
This May, the Adventure Gear Expo come to the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy. This huge, 100,000 square-foot show will have outdoor brands with the latest gear, outdoor non–profits, and tons of deals. According to the event organizers, the Adventure Gear Expo is the largest public expo for outdoor action sports in the state…
Backcountry skiing Lone Peak
Lone Peak is one of those iconic, Wasatch mountains that just begs to be skied. If you look at her from the south as she rises high above the town of Alpine, gigantic ramps of south-facing slopes call out. Every time I drove north from Utah County in the winter, I would promise myself to…
Critical response to One Wasatch interconnect plan
After Ski Utah’s big announcement of the One Wasatch interconnect plan that would make it possible to ski from Deer Valley to Snowbird on one lift ticket drew praise on the one hand, and critical ire on the other. Among the organizations that came out in opposition to the plan are Save Our Canyons and…