Few have lived in Salt Lake City long without seeing a parade of hundreds of bikers suddenly ride by and shout "Happy Thursday!" at you. That parade would be the “999” bike ride, an unofficial event...
Located approximately 110 miles west of Salt Lake City, the Bonneville Salt Flats is one of the most geographically unique features in the United States. This natural phenomenon was formed after Lake Bonneville...
Limited by the elements, mountain bikers must wait until the landscape frees the familiar trails from the asperity of winter’s grasp to ride once again. Once the ice and slush melt away and the glorious...
Mount Superior is a well known peak in Little Cottonwood canyon that tops out just above
11,000 feet in elevation, and towers above the canyon road with a vertical gain of 3,000 feet.
Superior is mostly...
Spring break for college students almost always gets a bad rap as a time for undergrads to wreak havoc on beach towns across the country. While there may be some truth to these accusations, many University...
Steph Davis is a professional rock climber, free-soloer, BASE-jumper and more. She's written the books Learning to Fly and High Infatuation. She answered six questions for Wasatch on risk and the outdoors.
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On May 3rd, Caroline Himbert, a third year PhD student in Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah, boarded a plane for Tucson, Arizona. From there, she bussed three hours to Lordsburg, New...
There are currently 58 national parks established in our country, and Utah is the proud home to five of them. These parks are known as the “Mighty Five” and for good reason. They house some of the...
The Emery County Public Lands Management Act is a bill proposed by Senator Orrin Hatch and Representative John Curtis. It aims to redistribute the ownership of a large portion of land in southeastern Utah....
