Outdoors

Bringing Accessibility and Affordability to Utah’s Slopes

Expensive, male-dominated and very white. However, that tide is turning. Multiple organizations, clubs and events are breaking winter sport’s worn-out mold, making skiing and riding more affordable and inclusive.  Ranked among the best...

Diary Of A Never-Skier: Hold My Poles

I am having a bad day. I leave my home office frustrated, load up my barely-used ski gear and accept the inevitability of my bad day continuing on the mountain. I drive...

Wasatch in the Winter: Ogden Basecamp

The Wasatch Mountains are the heart and soul and backbone of Salt Lake City. This rugged range forms the backdrop for our cities. We look up every day and watch with anticipation...

The Uncertain Future of New Maylower Mountain Resort

Even in four-wheel drive, the worn all-season tires on my truck struggled for traction. A wet, heavy snowstorm, the first of the season, had plagued the drive for 230 miles since heading...

Diary of a Never-Skier: The First Lesson

At the start of my first lesson, my ski instructor Natalie informs me that the people she teaches never fall down during the first lesson. This is meant to be comforting, but...

Wasatch in the Winter: Park City Basecamp

The Wasatch Mountains are the heart and soul and backbone of Salt Lake City. This rugged range forms the backdrop for our cities. We look up every day and watch with anticipation...

Diary of a Never-Skier: Before The First Lesson

It wasn't until I walked into the offices of Ski Utah that, on the emotional spectrum of anxiety to excitement, I felt myself tip over the centerline. I went from “excitedly anxious”...

Wasatch in the Winter: Salt Lake City Basecamp

The Wasatch Mountains are the heart and soul and backbone of Salt Lake City. This rugged range forms the backdrop for our cities. We look up every day and watch with anticipation...

Outdoor Retailer Returns Searching for Reinvention

The snowfall rate at the base of Brighton’s Millicent Lift increased dramatically. Vendors scrambled to lash down branded E-Z up tents as the wind’s rising howl threatened to send expansive displays of...

Satire: Learn to Ski!

WHY LEARN NOW? No idea. You’re the one who moved to Utah. You’re like, “Mom. No. I’m not going to turn Mormon. Yes. I know, skiing is dangerous. I’ll take a lesson....

How to Ski on a Budget in Utah

There is no better way to experience Utah winter than on a pair of skis. But, let’s be real, it can be so expensive—a few hundred dollars for ski clothes, another few...

Park City Mountain Introduces Paid Parking

It's pay day at Payday Express. Park City Mountain is introducing paid parking at the Park City base area for the 2022-2023 ski season, and I’m certain everyone is going to be...

Saving the Drying Great Salt Lake

New research and increased attention have shifted efforts to discover what we can do to save the drying Great Salt Lake before it's too late. 

Explore The Greatest Snow on Earth

Utah has the Greatest Snow on Earth. So great we capitalize it and proclaim it on our license plates with an exclamation mark. Our great snow is not a myth. But why...

Brian Head Opens Early Signaling Fortuitous Start to Utah Ski Season

Brian Head has opened early this season for skiing and snowboarding. The resort began spinning lifts on Friday, November 4, the earliest the mountain in Southwestern Utah has ever done so. They’re...

Park City Looks Ahead to Bounce-Back For The 2022 Ski Season

Park City Mountain Resort looks ahead to the 2022/2023 ski season where everyone— locals and visitors alike—are hoping for a bounce back.
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