With winter fast approaching, daydreams of snow-blanketed mountains and powder skiing are becoming more frequent and vivid. These dreams are wonderful until I remember the endless “red snake” of...
Last winter, I learned about Wasatch Adaptive Sports through a series of coincidences. Needing volunteer hours for a class in the spring semester, I had investigated a series of options, none of which...
Ski season ended rather abruptly this winter.
The lifts at all Utah ski resorts are no longer running, their hotels are closed and scores of independently owned lodges, restaurants, rental shops...
The choice between learning to ski or snowboard is one that is often made a young age and has the potential to last a lifetime. Most parents only want to buy their growing kids one type of equipment, and...
On Jan. 18, Chase Adams was snowmobiling with his father in the northern Wasatch Mountains when he was caught in an avalanche.
The avalanche carried the 18-year-old man down a steep face above Farmington...
When the alarm goes off at 3 a.m. every morning, Craig Gordon is already awake. Gordon, a veteran for 20 years at the Utah Avalanche Center, rises each morning to knock out his avalanche forecast and hit...
Dogs are used in a variety of professions from herding animals in agriculture to detecting chemicals, bombs and other potentially dangerous substances. Furthermore, dogs not only provide functional use...
The implications of accessibility in the outdoors are controversial. When issues like environmentalism conflict with usability, people are bound to get left out. Until we learn to truly leave no trace,...
Some sports are interesting. Some sports are exciting. However, every once in awhile, you see a sport that makes your jaw drop and say, “That’s possible?” Welcome to the world of speed riding, where...
