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The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

From left to right: Anders Eckert, Allison Liddle, Sam Karthan, and Kyra Mann cleaning up trash at Liberty Park.

Plastics in the Environment

Sam Karthan, Staff Writer
May 2, 2021

This past March, I attended a two-day virtual symposium hosted by the Wallace Stegner Center here at the University of Utah. The symposium had a central focus on plastics in our lives and was aptly...

Artist Feature: Louisa Palmer

Artist Feature: Louisa Palmer

Nola Peshkin, Staff Writer
March 17, 2021

At just 22-years-old, artist Louisa Palmer doles out sage life lessons like someone three times her age: “Dreams don’t have to stay fantasies in your head while you sit at your desk during a nine...

Saguaros and Speedos: Recounting My Time on the AZT

Saguaros and Speedos: Recounting My Time on the AZT

Katie Riley, Staff Writer
March 3, 2021

"The tent poles, and the knife, and the stove... and the cutting board!" my sister exclaimed, listing off the items she was carrying for the group. My sister was (half-jokingly) upset about the disparity...

How the Biden-Harris administration plans to protect the rights of Native Americans

How the Biden-Harris administration plans to protect the rights of Native Americans

Will Ginsburg
February 13, 2021

It has been several months since the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, and I still find myself and all of my peers in the middle of a collective sigh of relief. The...

The Godmother of Powder Skiing: Dolores LaChapelle and Deep Powder Snow

The Godmother of Powder Skiing: Dolores LaChapelle and Deep Powder Snow

Julia Case, Staff Writer
February 13, 2021

In celebration of Women’s History Month this March, let us recognize the trailblazing woman who helped lay the foundation for our beloved sport of powder skiing: Dolores LaChapelle. Her story is inextricably...

Highlines and Flybys

Sam Karthan, Staff Writer
January 24, 2021

The sun began to set as I went out on the line. Steve Mammano was a couple hundred meters further up the canyon and getting ready for take-off. We were both to start at separate sides of the mountain,...

Trip Feature: Bike-packing the Western Wildlands and Great Divide Trail

Trip Feature: Bike-packing the Western Wildlands and Great Divide Trail

Kassie Amann, Staff Writer
December 27, 2020

There’s a saying commonly attributed to Lao-Tzu, a Chinese philosopher, that states, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” For Liam McDonald, a student at the University of Utah...

Climbing To New Heights With Kyra Condie

Climbing To New Heights With Kyra Condie

Julia Case, Staff Writer
December 8, 2020

Hailing from Shoreview, Minnesota, Kyra Condie started climbing at age 11 and never looked back. “I think I started at a birthday party actually,” Condie said. “I just loved it right away.” She...

Highlining Lone Peak

Highlining Lone Peak

Sam Karthan, Staff Writer
November 30, 2020

On Thursday, June 18th, 2020, Jacob Pawlak, Brian Stewart and I set out to rig a highline between the summits of Lone Peak, an athletic feat that had never been done before. From the start of Jacob’s...

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