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Utah Report: Skiing the Mythical, Bedeviled Red Rock Hoodoos of Utah

Report from February 17, 2023 Yesterday, we found another ethereal zone that altered our very perspective on life and skiing. Utah Report: Skiing The Red Rock Hoodoos of Lore South faces beckoned between crumbling, red rock hoodoos. We stared awestruck. We hoped for better snow than we’d found the previous day. As we climbed, we realized the snow was going […]

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Miles Clark | February 21, 2023
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Utah Report: Skiing The Red Rock Hoodoos of Lore

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Miles Clark | February 17, 2023
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Utah Gets New Hut-to-Hut Trail for Mountain Bikers

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The Aquarius Trail system, spanning 190-miles from Brian Head resort to the town of Escalante, is one of Utah’s newest and coolest offerings for mountain bikers. This ride makes its way around some of Southwestern Utah’s most striking landscapes and famous natural features, such as Bryce Canyon National Park, Escalante National Monument, and the Aquarius Plateau, as it descends over […]

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Anson Brown | April 26, 2021
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Off-Road Vehicles Will Soon Be Allowed in Utah’s National Parks

Utah is allowing off-road vehicles in their national parks.

Off-road vehicles will soon be allowed in Utah’s national parks. The catch is they must stay on the road. Related: New Policy Allows E-Bikes On National Park System Trails Yet there are concerns. Conservationists fear rule-breakers will cause permanent damage at Utah’s five most popular national parks — Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion. Currently, ATVs and UTVs […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | October 2, 2019
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Unprepared Hiker Survives 4-Nights Lost in Snowy Utah Wilderness Dressed in Shorts and T-Shirt

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John Wiersema, 39 from Idaho, set out in shorts and t-shirt for a quick 2-hour hike in Bryce Canyon National Park, UT on April 29th, and ended up spending 4-nights lost in the snowy wilderness. Wiersema had set out for the Swamp Canyon Trail, a 4.1 mile hike that offers fantastic views of the park’s iconic red rock formations. Related: Lost Snowboarder […]

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National Parks – Past, Present and Future | 5 Oldest Parks and a New One Coming?

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For over 100 years, the National Parks Service has been striving to protect and manage our national parks, monuments and reservations.  From Yellowstone to Yosemite, the NPS preserves our natural wonders for the future generations. Some of the first parks established remain the most iconic. “[the Service] purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and […]

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Katy Shipley | July 10, 2018
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Rescue Rates Are Way Up In Utah’s National Parks with Millennial Men Somewhat to Blame

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The National Park Service in Utah went on 324 rescues last year, which is a 68 percent increase from 2014, the last time statistics were released.  The most common demographic needing assistance is men in their 20s, more specifically, hikers. Visitation at National Parks across the country is up and rising, and it’s no surprise that more and more people […]

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Mike Lavery | June 28, 2018
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