Skiing returned to the Tushar Mountains in Southern Utah when the defunct Elk Meadows ski resort was resurrected as Eagle Point a few years ago. But really, skiing never went away in the 10 years that Elk Meadows was an abandoned museum of unmoving lifts and unoccupied condos. Backcountry skiing has always been there, and…
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DPS announces release of elusive Spoon ski
DPS, Salt Lake City’s own boutique ski maker known for high quality carbon skis, is finally releasing their elusive Spoon. We featured the ski way back in February, 2011 with the article, “DPS Spoon 150 with Cleat Technology adds 4th dimension to skis” and in September, 2011 when the company released video of the Spoon…
Snowshoeing to Bear Claw Yurt in the Uinta Mountains
It seems everyone at UtahOutside is getting in on the yurt action this season. Jared Hargrave has already laid out some great skinning/skiing adventures, so it’s high time we showcased something for all the snowshoers out there. Thanks to some pre-season planning by a good friend, I had a chance to shoe to the Bear…
Utah to host first ever Ragnar Trail Relay
Big news coming from Salomon and the Ragnar Relay, as the two companies have partnered to take the running team concept and overnight relay to the trails for the first time, and Utah will play host to the inaugural event. We all know and love the original Ragnar Wasatch Back, and now those of us who…
Voile Buster skis review at Outdoor Retailer All Mountain Demo
So many skis, so little time. The Outdoor Retailer All Mountain Demo is an orgy of new skis, boots, and other winter gear all in one place – at Solitude Mountain Resort. With so many options, I made sure to ski the planks I most wanted to try, and the Voile Buster skis were at…
The Patroller Z Chronicles: Abundance
Wow, it has been a while since my last post. In the world of a ski patroller, days blend into weeks and weeks into over a month. The storms piled up the snow in December and we finished off with just about 100 inches of the white stuff. During that time I feel that I…
Winter nights at the Bunchgrass Yurt
One of the greatest joys of being a backcountry skier is staying at a yurt or hut high in the mountains. While Utah doesn’t have a fancy hut-to-hut system like Colorado’s 10th Mountain Division huts, what we do have are quaint, small, and cozy yurts that are every bit as capable of getting us to…
Skiing powder in downtown Salt Lake City
Lake effect snow is a wonderful thing. We all know storms tracking across the Great Salt Lake soak up all that warm, salty water and puke it over the Cottonwood Canyons. But sometimes, once in a great while, a strange storm makes all that snow fall in the valley, and the foothills above downtown Salt…
Don’t be “vertically challenged” at the 6th annual Bob’s Vertical Challenge
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…
Touring Serviceberry Canyon in the Oquirrh Mountains
Our traveling backcountry road tour recently brought us to the “other” mountain range of the Salt Lake Valley – the Oquirrh Mountains. After years of looking at these peaks every day and wondering what it would be like to ski them, Adam and I decided to stop the wondering and find out. We started the…