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The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

Keeping Warm in the Great Outdoors

Keeping Warm in the Great Outdoors

Annie Duong
November 21, 2017

Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by the ice-cold temperatures while trying to enjoy the great outdoors. Whether you’re hiking or camping, staying warm is the only way to have a...

Trodding Across the Trans Zion Trail

Trodding Across the Trans Zion Trail

Nick Halberg
October 16, 2017

After a full summer of living 30 minutes from Zion in the often overlooked and mispronounced town of Hurricane, Utah, my girlfriend Libby and I found ourselves avoiding the park. We had explored all of...

Stop and Smell the Flowers

Stop and Smell the Flowers

Kiffer Creveling
September 29, 2017

Typically when you think of Alta, you are likely to think of skiing or hiking. What most people don’t think about are the natural wildflowers that grow all over the area. High-altitude wildflowers...

Opening Minds to the Oquirrh Mountains

Opening Minds to the Oquirrh Mountains

Dalton Rees
August 23, 2017

Veiled in mystery by the legalities and the eminence of the adjacent Wasatch mountains, the Oquirrh Range serves as the 10,000 feet dividing line between the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys. Equipped solely...

Reaching Heights in the Uintas

Reaching Heights in the Uintas

Nick Halberg
August 21, 2017

The high alpine is an environment so sodden with life and beauty that it has drawn words of praise from everyone, including the likes of John Muir and beyond. Truly, “the mountains are [always] calling,”...

A Gem in the Pacific Northwest

A Gem in the Pacific Northwest

Esther Aboussou
August 14, 2017

In southwestern Oregon, amid rolling hills of vineyards and proud forests of ponderosa pine trees, is Crater Lake National Park, the remnants of the former Mount Mazama Volcano that erupted over 7,700...

Learning from Mistakes: Antelope Canyon and The Wave

Learning from Mistakes: Antelope Canyon and The Wave

Contributor story from Vien Voraotsady. Photo credit to Vien Voraotsady.  We originally planned on doing a photography tour in one of the Antelope Canyon slots, but when everything ended up being sold...

Peakbagger’s Double Traverse: Mount Raymond and Gobbler's Knob

Peakbagger’s Double Traverse: Mount Raymond and Gobbler’s Knob

Dalton Rees
August 2, 2017

Resting along the jagged divide bordering the Millcreek and Big Cottonwood canyons, Mount Raymond and Gobbler's Knob are two idiosyncratic peaks connected by a single mile-long ridge, both surmountable...

Utah's Backpacking Gems

Utah’s Backpacking Gems

Nick Halberg
June 15, 2017

Summer brings about the liberation of one of life’s most valuable resources — time. For the adventure-minded, more time means longer trips, and longer trips usually mean backpacking. In a state where...

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