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The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

Beginners’ guide to skiing and snowboarding

Beginners’ guide to skiing and snowboarding

Annie Duong
November 16, 2017

Living in Utah, you should already know that the winter season is a big deal. If you were like me growing up, I never saw the middle school skiing/snowboarding program, Snow Blitz, appealing as a young...

Skipping School for Skiing

Skipping School for Skiing

Samira Guirguis
October 22, 2017

“There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream/The earth, and every common sight/To me did seem/Appareled in celestial light/The glory and the freshness of a dream.” These words by William...

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...

Bindings—A Ski for all Reasons

Bindings—A Ski for all Reasons

Peter Creveling
October 16, 2017

How do you pick the right pair of bindings for your skis? There are so many variations of bindings available that it’s difficult to find the right pair just for you. You can listen to vendors describe...

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...

Rock climbing with Ben, Peter, Colin, Claire, John, Brian, and Kim at the City of Rocks National Reserve in Idaho on Saturday, June 10, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Conquering the City of Rocks

Kiffer Creveling
September 26, 2017

Have you heard of the City of Rocks? Just think a city — but with rocks. The City of Rocks National Reserve in Southern Idaho lives up to its name. It is a city of rocks that rivals New York City, only...

A Different Outdoor Adventure

A Different Outdoor Adventure

Samira Guirguis
September 11, 2017

I’ve always loved the feeling of going fast, whether it be repelling quickly down a 180 foot crevasse or driving down a desolate stretch of desert highway. Now, as we enter into the peak of climbing...

Guide to Salt Lake Paddleboarding

Guide to Salt Lake Paddleboarding

Annie Duong
September 11, 2017

When most people hear the term “outdoor water recreation,” they automatically picture intense white water rafting or some other adrenaline pumping form of water sport. That’s only a portion of what...

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...

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