FROSTY FESTS

FROSTY FESTS

Nine ways to celebrate your inner snowman. For many Utahns, winter is a time to snuggle up in sweaters and fend off freezing temps. For others, it’s about bundling up and heading out to mingle with a community of your ilk, celebrating winter’s grip. The demand for...
BACKCOUNTRY CHEF – LIQUID COMFORT

BACKCOUNTRY CHEF – LIQUID COMFORT

Warm up your winter adventures with hot-buttered rum & souped-up noodles. Few things are as delicious and satisfying as a warm mug of cider or cocoa when tailgating on a drizzly day before the big game, made even better with a little nip from the flask. Or...
REMNANTS OF ANTIQUITY

REMNANTS OF ANTIQUITY

Santa Clara River Reserve hiking trails reveal lost traces of a vanished people. It is hard to imagine—as you scream south on Interstate 15 toward St. George past the strip malls, golf courses and cookie-cutter subdivisions—that the red-hued sandstone cliffs and...
DOWN UNDER

DOWN UNDER

Weekends are made for canyoneering in Zion’s slot canyons. If it’s Friday, you’ll likely find me printing out maps and—between tasks at work—studying some new topography. Co-workers may drone on about their weekend plans, but by now, they’ve stopped asking about mine....
OVER THE TOP

OVER THE TOP

Ever bold and breathtaking,  the Grand Canyon beckons your hiking boots, even in winter. Any discussion of the Grand Canyon has to start with the staggering numbers associated with this national treasure: Eighteen miles wide. A mile deep. Carved by the Colorado River...