You are on Belay This article is intended for new climbers and boulder rats. Here, I will introduce you to a conversation that has been going on in the climbing community for generations. To bolt or not...

In outdoor spaces, one doesn’t have to look far to find mountain biking enthusiasts. The community of mountain biking encompasses countless riders, there are seemingly endless bikes equipped with varying...

“Some people on the trails, the whole point is for them to get a cool photo to post.” I can’t help but smile as Jeff Garmire echoes to me an image that I see all too often on the trails surrounding...

Being a well-known and classic hike, summiting the top of Mount Timpanogos is not a hike to get away from others. Nor is it a trail to watch the sunset peacefully by yourself. Waking up at the trailhead...

Berkeley Loper graduated from the University of Utah in the spring of 2021 with a degree in environmental and sustainability studies and an emphasis in land management and conservation. Since then, she...

A thousand-mile bikepacking trip is an ambitious goal. A thousand-mile, month-long, mostly solo, bikepacking trip through remote regions of Alaska is an even more ambitious goal. In July 2021, University...

When I first moved to Salt Lake City, I didn’t have a car. As a freshman at the U, I was perpetually thinking about how I was going to get into the mountains. I stressed over meeting people with cars...

If one of your classmates is into adventure sports, you can probably tell from across the lecture hall.  Laptops, water bottles, and cars layered with so many stickers, you can’t really be sure what...

WARNING: This is not a guide on how to have the most high-class, Instagram-worthy vacation of all time. While some wonderful photos are sure to come from it, the traveling I reference below is more akin...