On January 25, 2019, tragedy struck a small southern Utah community. It had already been an especially snowy winter across the state, and January was no exception. Over two weeks, nearly three feet of...
Avalanches are not only one of the most dangerous natural disasters, they are also one of the most common. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center reports that between 2009-2019, an average of 25 people...
Many changes have come to skiing and snowboarding over the years, but few have radically changed ski culture the way that the ski helmet did. Wearing a helmet has become so normal that when people choose...
The term “core” is one which gets thrown around a lot in the ski industry. For skiers and snowboarders being core carries a connotation of being original, unique, and usually representing a crowd of...
“It’s done … I don’t think I can move my arm,” said Brett Davis as he sat in a snowbank on the side of the road in La Plata Canyon. AJ Verkouw, Davis’ partner on the trip, did a quick roadside...
Camp Woodward, one of the biggest names in the action sports community, is looking forward to expanding their newest campus to Park City this November. While some are elated for the construction of the...
ALTA SKI RESORT
Maura is the Sustainability Coordinator for Alta Ski Resort. Maura was a sort of guru in
the Wasatch resorts, paving a sustainability road for other resorts, such as Solitude and
Snowbird,...
Skiing really is much older than most think. There are ancient drawings of humans skiing great distances to follow and hunt herds of reindeer and elk using fur coated skis (modern day skins). In more recent...
Steph Davis is a professional rock climber, free-soloer, BASE-jumper and more. She's written the books Learning to Fly and High Infatuation. She answered six questions for Wasatch on risk and the outdoors.
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