Round up Your Family At Ruby’s Inn
Utah Adventure Journal
by Paul Oelerich
3y ago
Snow covered hoodoos at sunset point, Bryce Canyon National Park 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 hiking boots, hop on an ATV or board a helicopter and experience the best of Bryce Canyon National Park and the vast red rock vistas of Southern Utah. Saddle up for horseback rides or settle in for a sleig ..read more
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Charging With the Dorais Brothers
Utah Adventure Journal
by Tom Diegel
4y ago
If you have been skiing the Wasatch much over the last few years you’ve probably seen them:  a couple of tall, lean lads of Asian descent on fairly light gear chattering away as they politely go past you up the skin track…..really, really fast.   Andy and Jason Dorais (pronounced “Doe-ray”) have been skiing for less than a decade, but in that short time their speed, creativity, and enthusiasm on skis has already become the stuff of legend.     The Dorais brothers grew up in that famous skiing mecca of Bloomington, Indiana.  Born to a Korea ..read more
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The Best of Utah’s Ski Resorts
Utah Adventure Journal
by Jared Hargrave
4y ago
The entire world knows by now that Utah has the greatest snow on earth. But we can all agree that ski resorts are more than just the powder that falls upon them. Utah’s ski and snowboard resorts are unique, and each can toot its own alpenhorn. But besides the snow (which is obviously most important) a quality resort needs good runs, sneaky powder stashes, and a fun place to have a drink when the ski boots come off. I’ve compiled a list highlighting the best run, stash and après at Utah’s top resorts. It’s a mix of PR-speak, opinions from friends and family, and my own personal favorites. While ..read more
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MOAB_The Mother of All Basal Layers
Utah Adventure Journal
by Eric Trenbeath
4y ago
A Season of Trepidation and Destruction in Utah’s La Sal Mountains By Eric Trenbeath ba×sal (rhymes with basil): forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base.  It happens every hundred years or so. A combination of weather factors over the course of a winter create a prolonged period of dangerous avalanche conditions that challenge human perspective and reconfigure the landscape. The winter of 2018/19 was just such a winter in the La Sal Mountains of southeastern Utah. A particularly persistent weak layer, and a snowfall of more than 200% of average, created a season of sketchy, hair-tr ..read more
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Hogum Days
Utah Adventure Journal
by Jack Stauss
4y ago
Each year for Christmas my girlfriend Anna is given a voucher for a night at the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird. It’s quite a treat. We hit all of the local watering holes; we swim under the stars in the hot tub. For a night we feel like we are part of skiing’s elite vacationers. But really we’re imposters. We bring our skins into the hotel room to dry. We pore over the weather forecast and avalanche conditions. We count the tracks on Superior. The Cliff Lodge provides us with an extra hour of sleep before our usual early morning ski missions out into remote corners of the Wasatch.  This season ..read more
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The Bridge at Bull Valley Gorge
Utah Adventure Journal
by Barbara Lee
4y ago
MAY,2019 UPDATE: FLASH FLOOD DESTROYS BRIDGE  The bridge at Bull Valley Gorge is gone, swept away by the brute force of flash flooding at the end of March or beginning of April this year. Gone is the narrow, white-knuckle crossing over the deep canyon; all that remains of the infamous bridge is a crumbling fin of dirt, rock, and tree trunks.  Skutumpah Road across Bull Valley Gorge is closed, and the approach to the washout is blocked to stop any driver who ventures to this stomach-churning spot. According to National Monument staff, it could be some time before a new crossing is bui ..read more
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Night Riders of Utahvania
Utah Adventure Journal
by Jared Hargrave
4y ago
The sun sets as I take my bike off the hitch rack. Mountain bikers in the parking space beside me do the opposite. They’re heading home. Although their ride has ended, mine is about to begin. I dig my shoes onto pedals and take off up lonely singletrack. A few stragglers are on the trail but for the most part the place is empty. Darkness creeps over the mountainside like a video camera iris slowly closing on the world. I stop, reach to my helmet, and turn on my headlamp. Then I ignite the light on my handlebars. I am a night rider. I didn’t always seek the embrace of darkness while mountain bi ..read more
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Central Wasatch Comission Update
Utah Adventure Journal
by Tom Diegel
4y ago
What’s Happening with the CWC? By Tom Diegel If you play in the Wasatch Mountains at all, you know that you are most definitely not alone in your enthusiasm. From resort skiing to backcountry skiing, hiking to mountain biking to climbing, scenic drives to scenic strolls, you know that all of these activities are wildly popular in the Wasatch. Many businesses rely on those visitors for their livelihoods, and the literally thousands of people who live in the canyons are even more acutely aware of the hordes than you are, since they deal with the crowds on a daily basis.  Add to th ..read more
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Whose Duty is It?
Utah Adventure Journal
by Tom Diegel
4y ago
Typically the pages of the Utah Adventure Journal are filled with inspiring stories of adventures around our fair state and beyond, as it should be. This story is not one of those. Instead, this tale is about one of the driest topics known to man:  import tariffs.  But bear with me a bit here; whether we like it or not, and whether we try to ignore national/international politics or not, the recent news about tariffs and trade wars has the potential to affect all of us who love to recreate. If you play in the outdoors, the odds are approximately 100% that you use ..read more
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An Unexpected Addition to My Gear Quiver
Utah Adventure Journal
by Paul Diegel
4y ago
I grew in a camping family. Backpacking and car camping; sleeping on the ground and cooking in the open. When thermarests were introduced, we viewed them as a sign of weakness and moral decay. We felt sorry for those who slept in white aluminum or fiberglass kennels.  This made my marriage a little tricky. My wife grew up with a family camper and, while she embraced backpacking, she saw nothing wrong with coming inside to eat and sleep on a dining table converted into a bed. There were a few topics we chose not to discuss. My wife’s mother spent seven of her last years living on the ..read more
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