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Redefine family time by venturing into the Wild West with modern-day luxury at Ruby’s Inn — the perfect basecamp for your next adventures. Lodge in one of three well equipped hotels with access to our General Store where you can purchase groceries, clothing, gear and souvenirs so you’ll always remember your time here. Don your […]

As population continues to grow along the Wasatch Front, more and more recreators in both winter and summer will continue to stress the natural resources of the Wasatch Range.  With the growth comes the inevitable consequence of traffic, parking, crowded trails and slopes for those looking for solitude in the Wasatch Range, and particularly the […]

Utah Adventure Journal, in conjunction with Snowbird Resort is pleased to announce the 2017/2018 Adventure Speaker Series, taking place at the Wildflower Lounge at the Iron Blosam Lodge at Snowbird, on seven Thursday nights this winter.  Come and meet some prominent adventurers, and hear their motivating and inspiring tales of high adventure from around the […]

Story and Photos by Brett Carroll  I don’t consider myself to be an especially emotional person. I think that I tend to cry at appropriate times. I cried when my Grandpa died. I cried when my girlfriend and I broke up. I cried when my friend Joe died. And I cried my way up Pig […]

Last summer President Obama signed the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, creating 3 new wilderness areas in the Boulder- White Cloud Mountains of Central Idaho. The new wilderness, while mostly remote with challenging access, also closed several mountain bike trails that were held in high regard by local cyclists. The […]

Certainty: Utahns Demand It By Lee Lonsberry The genesis of the Public Lands Initiative comes from the idea that economic development and conservation can coexist and flourish. This locally driven process has revealed that, not only is it possible, its what the people demand. Utahns from all walks of life have come to the table […]

In your usual non-road-trip existence, you don’t often find yourself saying (or thinking), “You know, I think I’m gonna go take a dump at the Flagstaff library.” Most of us may go our entire lives without uttering such a sentence. But on the road, this is a thing. So is going #2 at the Moab […]

Burke Swindlehurst started racing bikes in the late 1980’s and built a successful career as any rider to ever emerge from Utah. After his retirement from the peloton in 2010, he founded the wildly popular Crusher in the Tushar race that takes place annually in the Tushar Mountain Range near Beaver. This grueling one-day event […]

  Mountain Accord is a public process, bringing together more than 20 organizations and nearly 200 stakeholders to create a blueprint for the future that preserves the legacy of the Wasatch. Mountain Accord was established to make critical decisions and implement solutions to preserve the Central Wasatch and ensure its long-term vitality. An Executive Committee […]

  Wasatch Snow Forecast The previous three winters, or is it four, have been somewhat of a bust snow wise. While great turns have been had here and there, they’ve lacked consistency. Trying to make sense of the cluttered NOAA discussions can be challenging if you are attempting to storm track and give your boss […]

  Lonely Singletrack The development of mountain biking trails along the Wasatch Front and Back continues at an impressive pace, allowing riders to spread out, link trail systems and enjoy a longer riding season by starting out low, and then heading for the higher elevations as things melt out in spring and summer. Until all […]

  A Non- Scientific Compilation of our Favorite Things in Utah and Beyond!   The assignment is rather simple, places, things, topics, whatever; it just has to apply somehow to the outdoors, and the reasons why we love them. This is by no means a complete list, there are way to many things that we […]

Everybody in the snowsports world knows that Utah is famous for the copious amounts of powder, and the terrain of the Wasatch is equal in its recognition. Throw in the ingredients of a nearby metropolis with an international airport, a knowledgeable and savvy outdoor scene, world class terrain that entertains a large number of outdoor […]

A forecaster at the Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) since 1999, Drew Hardesty is often described as the storyteller on the team, and with good reason. After college at UC Boulder, he served as an intelligence officer in the US Navy during the first Desert Storm, and spent a number of years working and guiding for […]