Weekend Warrior

Weekend Warrior

KEEP THE HEAT Extend your summer play in southern Utah! What can be too hot to handle during the summer can become a paradise during the fall. When the days are longest, Southern Utah sizzles with triple-digit temperatures. Even with the summer heat, Utah’s national...
Why I…Paraglide

Why I…Paraglide

The reason I take to the sky is simple: I want to fly. Just about every person on earth has wanted to fly at one point in his or her life. Maybe we envy our avian friends or maybe the ground has lost its charm, but something about leaving the earth appeals to us...
Horseshoe Canyon Mystery

Horseshoe Canyon Mystery

Rock art of Barrier Canyon inspires awe. I have spent nearly a half century tiptoeing among the remnants of the ancient Americans—their cliff dwellings and pit houses and granaries and rock art. And I have never lost the feeling of awe that comes from imagining what...
Hello Darkness My Old Friend

Hello Darkness My Old Friend

How to find the best nighttime skies in Utah Before man-made technologies captured our gaze, a celestial bond existed between all people. Stargazing today isn’t what it once was, back when our forebears gazed up at the night skies, named the stars and told stories...