The Wasatch Mountains are chock full of hiking trails, but not many of them are as full of history as Cardiff Fork. These mountains were used for mining in the 1800s instead of outdoor recreation, and the relics of those times still remain. If you know where to look in Cardiff Fork, you can see…
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Utah Mountain Biking Guide: Wasatch Crest to Dog Lake to Mill D
Start Point: Guardsman Pass, 9720 feet Elevation Gain: 1,437 feet Elevation Loss: 3,645 feet Trail Distance: 15.4 miles (one way) Trail Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced Best Season: Summer The Wasatch Crest Trail is probably the most famous mountain biking route in the Salt Lake area. There are many good reasons for its legendary status, such as…
Race to play at the Midweek MTB Race Series
Mountain biking is more than just an activity you can do in your off time. Here in Utah, it’s a damn community. And there no better way to get to know your fellow mountain bikers than by signing up for a race. The Midweek MTB Race Series is by far the race where you can…
Utah Mountain Biking Guide: Pipeline Trail
Start Point: Mill Creek Canyon winter gate, 6100 feet End Point: Pipeline Trail viewpoint, 5960feet Trail Distance: 13.6 miles (round trip) Trail Time: 2 hours Skill Level: Beginner Best Season: Spring/Fall The Pipeline Trail is one of Salt Lake’s premiere, beginner, mountain-bike trails. It’s relatively flat, has few technical rocky sections, and there are several…
Utah Mountain Biking Guide: Wild Rose Loop
Start Point: Wild Rose Park – 5,200 feet High Point: 5,550 feet Trail Distance: 2 miles Trail Time: 30 minutes Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate Best Season: Spring/Fall The Wild Rose trail system in North Salt Lake is a short loop that’s good for a quick morning singletrack jaunt, but lacks size for a destination area. A relatively easy section of…
Condolences for UDOT Avalanche Forecaster, Craig Patterson
Utah’s backcountry skiing and avalanche forecasting community got terrible news Thursday night when one of our own passed away. Craig Patterson, an UDOT avalanche forecaster, was killed in an avalanche in the Kessler Slabs area of Cardiff Fork, Big Cottonwood Canyon. Patterson was working in the area that day, but didn’t return home. A Life…
Sunrise service and ski turns on Mount Nebo
I’m not a religious man, except when it comes to the outdoors. Sure it’s a common phrase, but to say that the mountain is my church, well, by Ullr that’s the truth. So on Easter Sunday, instead of sitting in a stuffy chapel on hard benches, we ascended into the cathedral of Mount Nebo for…
Backcountry skiing “Plan Q” on Mount Timpanogos
The best laid plans can sometimes be laid to waste, especially when it comes to travel in the mountains. Such was the case on a recent trip to backcountry ski Mount Timpanogos, where my objective, along with Mike D, was to ski the famed East Ridge. Warm, spring-like temps, along with lots of recent sun,…
Brighton first Utah ski resort to open for 2012/13 season
In the race to see who can claim bragging rights as the first Utah ski resort open for the 2012/2013 ski season, Brighton wins. The Big Cottonwood Canyon resort fired up the lifts early on Tuesday morning, November 13th, to the cheers of excited skiers and snowboarders. Over four feet of snow fell in the…
Skiing the blower from Brutus
So the Weather Channel recently decided to start naming large winter storms, much in the same way tropical storms and hurricanes are awarded an epic-sounding name when they develop off some coastal region. Well, the first of these storms, Winter Storm Brutus, slammed into the Wasatch Front, dropping over three feet of snow (even more…