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Paddling Utah’s Small Streams
Scott Peters, my friend and college roommate, held on to the wall with white fingertips straining against the slippery wet sandstone. My paddle was jammed under a boulder in the frothy foam just at the edge of the precipice, and we both looked over the edge into the dim chasm, misty with the spray of […]
Boulder Mountain Trout by Bike
Venturing into the southern regions of Utah during late summer, there is a palpable sense of desolation. But as one approaches the town of Bicknell on State Road 24, a looming swell appears on the horizon- a distant, hazy blue plateau that seems to rise into the stratosphere and dwarfs the surrounding hills. This is […]
Adrift on the Escalante
It began with a single drop that fell from a darkening afternoon sky and slapped into the baked sandstone. It left a nickel sized stain that lingered a few seconds before evaporating, but then another fell, and another. The porous rock absorbed the drops and the features of the land turned darker and more colorful […]
