Finals, work and assignments can add up all too quickly and cause a lot of stress. One of the best ways you can take a moment for yourself is to immerse yourself in the outdoors.  While it's nice to...

Hustle and Bustle There is absolutely no place on Earth that is completely free, at all times, from human noise. Not one. Even the most desolate environments imaginable are no exceptions to this unfortunate...

If you spend enough time wandering the Wasatch foothills, you start to notice patterns of sagebrush shifting in the wind, bursts of balsamroot in spring and the way wild rose creeps along creek beds. But...

The aspen trees had laid their leaves down for us, transforming the trail into a golden-tiled tunnel. Just a few months prior, American Fork Canyon was a pool of emerald maples and firs. But summer had...

Imagine the Annapurna mountain massif, of the north-central Nepali Himalayas, as an enormous living breathing beast. Its scaly snow-dusted spines poking out at each peak, threatening to scrape through...

Decisions, Decisions Though I’ve had the privilege of visiting Yellowstone in times past, something was different about my trip this year. Plans went sideways before they could even begin. I had intended...

On a warm autumn afternoon at Wheeler Historic Farm in Murray, Utah, families pet baby farm animals and take hayrides under falling leaves. Just a few yards away from the autumn festivities, five members...

Illustrations by Emilie Bailey. The Wasatch Mountains have played an important role in Utah's history. The mountain range was an essential source of water, wood, and granite for the early Utah settlers,...