Not many feelings trump the exhilaration you feel when you are knee-deep in fresh powder, cruising down the mountain with snow fogging up your goggles. Most winters, skiers and boarders can hope for 3-4...
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit with the incredibly talented John Padilla: skier, graduate student, and filmmaker. John Padilla recently produced The Mountain in My Mind, a film that aims to break...
As I gaze out my bedroom window with my nose to the glass, delicate flecks fall from the night sky. The ground is illuminated, yet quiet — life muffled by this soft blanket covering the earth. I crack...
I don’t know about anyone else, but sore forearms are not something I would expect to experience the day after snowboarding – and falling, there was definitely some of that. Okay, there was quite a...
Perhaps you know the feeling. You are gliding down the slope of a mountain. The groves of quaking aspens and Douglas fir that surround you open up to a majestic view of the canyon below. The wind bites...
I still don’t know what drove 4-year-old me to make the decision I made. My dad skied, my mom too. My two brothers – one older and one twin – next to me on the hill in our childhood backyard shuffled...
“Level up your next day on snow with Fast Tracks, a daily add-on option that gives you exclusive access to dedicated express lift lanes. Available to use at six of our quad chairs, get more turns by...
As you head to your favorite ski resorts this season, keep an eye out for something new popping up — composting bins.
This season, ski resorts across the country are implementing new composting programs,...
Being a kid who chose to come to the University of Utah to explore the outdoors, coming home to the midwest can be emotionally challenging. Utah opens the door to all the outdoor activities imaginable,...
