The future of Little Cottonwood Canyon transit is in the sky. Don’t look up. After a long period of deliberation the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has selected a three-phase plan, the...
When your kids start pestering you about being bored this summer, just tell them to take a hike. Then pack some Kind bars, water bottles and bug spray, and get everyone in...
Utah’s landscape is often imagined as a desert, bone dry and starkly beautiful. However, the towering cliffs and towers, the deep, winding canyons and the hoodoos and arches that are admired around...
While summer in Utah is generally a wonderful time of sunshine, mountain air and endless trails, the dog days can tend to get relentlessly hot, dry and dusty. In addition to creating...
Confession: when we first heard about goat yoga, we couldn’t help but scoff. People will make a fitness fad out of anything these days, won’t they? Still, we signed up for a class, expecting to get little more than fodder for jokes from the experience.
No, we know. Utah doesn’t have a conventional lottery where people can win something as mundane as money. Otherwise, Utahns wouldn’t be rushing over the border to Evanston, Wyo. every time the...
To truly Understand the beauty of the place we call home you need to get out onto a trail. From the scenic alpine wonders of the Wasatch Front and Back to the...
Moab isn't exactly a locals’ secret—not with two of the Big Five National Parks, some of the world’s most famous mountain bike trails and a limitless fleet of off-road rental vehicles. Despite...
You can practically hear Peter Coyote narrating the Ken Burns’ documentary. It is America’s Third National Park but, thanks to John Muir’s powerful voice from the wilderness and his famed invitation to...
Utah trail etiquette for you and your new dog. Who’s the puppy!?
When to go: ANYTIME! Now that you’re a dog owner in Utah, it is important that you take your giant, slavering...
One step at a time (and lots of training)
Last December, I climbed Kilimanjaro. Most of it anyway. My story of (almost) climbing the tallest mountain on the African Continent starts with my...
Growing up In Utah hiking was just how we got places, usually woefully underprepared. (Example: One summer in Logan, my roommate and I spent our time rambling around above Tony Grove looking...
Beautiful red rocks, beaches, forests, deserts, and mountains will transport you to a new world when you camp in Utah. With thousands of campgrounds and even more areas to make your own...
Summer is a time for kids to follow their bliss, and Utah has no shortage of summer camps to help them do exactly that, whether it’s rocking out with a band or...
This winter was one for the record books. The 2022/23 season was by many measures historic, with Alta recording nearly 900” of snow and Utah registering its wettest winter in recorded history....