Flyfishing Patagonia
Depart Salt Lake City 11:30am, 5 hour layover in Atlanta, red-eye to Santiago, overnight in Santiago, 4 hour flight to Balmaceda Chile, topped off with a 2 ½ hour drive and we had arrived at the Patagonia Drifters Granite Canyon lodge just outside the small town of Mañihuales in the Aisén region of Chile. Just […]
Is it time to add new activities to your cycling training repertoire?
Armstrong attacks on l’Alpe d’Huez, and his 3rd Tour De France victory is in the record books… Lance Armstrong has continued to shock the cycling world, working harder and getting better year after year. After the 2001 Tour, when Armstrong showed tremendous power and agility on his breakaway from Jan Ullrich and the rest of […]
Profiles
In 1817 German Baron Karl von Drais invented his Laufmaschine, or running machine. Made of wood and weighing 48 pounds, it had no pedals or drive-train, rather you straddled it and walked. Thought to be some sort of replacement for a horse- and dubbed a hobby- horse or dandy horse, it fell out of popularity […]
Editor’s Choice: Summer trail running shoe review–Five fast running shoes for ‘09
Salomon XA Pro 3D Ultra GTX, $118 >> salomon.com Salomon, whose U.S headquarters are in Ogden, makes a serious push into the trail running market, and offers an equally serious shoe in the 3D Ultra GTX. Salomon now has 10 models within their trail running line, with a shoe for all conditions and uses. As […]
Running with the Speedgoat: An interview with Karl Meltzer
Known as the Speedgoat, Karl Meltzer of Sandy is the most accomplished ultra-runner in the history of the sport. Karl was the young age of 28 when he ran his first ultra- the legendary Wasatch 100. Two years later he won the Wasatch 100 in record time, at the age of 30, and since then […]
The Scene: An Oral History of the early days of Mountain Biking and Racing in Utah…
Ron Lindley Racer, promoter, trail builder, etc. Park City After purchasing my first mountain bike back in 1985, I immediately started dreaming about racing. Not having any bike racing experience, I had grandiose delusions about how I would just get out there and set the World on fire. I started asking around about mountain bike […]
Book Review
Resurrection–Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West By Annette McGivney Photos by James Kay 1st edition 2009 Braided River Books 169 pages Glen Canyon once harbored more prehistoric Native American archaeological sites than almost anywhere else in the Southwest (nearly three thousand were found during a hurried 1950’s pre-dam survey). In Resurrection, […]
King of the Hill (Climbs): A battle between Utah’s steepest roads
And so, as Wallace Stegner–the prolific writer of the west once said– “Utah has the spine of a Stegosaurus”. Indeed with the highest average vertical relief of any state of our fine country, Utah would naturally be the presumptive winner of the state with the most…hill climbs! But alas- with so many roads to climb, […]
29(er)s Will Take Over Your World
Within two years, when you pull up to a trailhead and unload your bike, you’re going to be off the back if it has 26-inch wheels. Chris Sugai is convinced of that. “Just like V-brakes they’re going to be around, but they will be the minority, I guarantee,” Sugai said. “I even made a bet, […]
Provo’s Rock Canyon and Climbing routes endangered
Rock Canyon near Provo is under assault from a landowner who wished to quarry rock from the cliffs in the canyon. Long a popular site for rock climbing, and other recreational pursuits, the canyon would essentially be degraded for further pursuit of these activities. Richard Davis of Springdell owns 50% of the mining claim in […]
Moab to offer the Whole Enchilada
At the April meeting of Trail Mix, Grand County’s non-motorized trail committee, Moab mountain bike advocates (along with their hiking and equestrian brethren) enjoyed a hearty lunch of enchiladas, publicly sharing what so many mountain bikers have been secretly enjoying for years—the Whole Enchilada. The trail is a collection of routes which stretches from Burro […]
Rockstacker approved by BLM
The old-is-new Rockstacker section of the Amasa Back trail outside Moab is aptly named. The name suggests activity on the trail’s part, and it can feel as though the terrain is intentionally stacking the odds against riders and their fragile collarbones. But following some of Moab’s more experienced and adept local riders down the route […]
Tim DeChristopher- Right or Wrong?
Tim De Christopher- Right or Wrong? Back on December 19th in Salt Lake City, University of Utah student Tim De Christopher walked into a BLM land lease auction for gas and oil parcels throughout Utah on public lands, and near national parks. He was given a bidders paddle, and he proceeded to drive up the […]
