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The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

The Outdoor Magazine of the U

Wasatch Magazine

Ben Timm, Writer

Ben is originally from New Mexico. He is a junior double majoring in environmental science and geography. He lives for skiing, but also likes to cook, climb, backpack and paint with watercolor and oils. He recently got into photography and his current goal in life is to learn the ways of the mountaineer so he can challenge himself in finding new gnarly things to ski, or hang out somewhere like a goat.

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On A North American Safari

On A North American Safari

Ben Timm
October 14, 2024

  Utah’s west desert, dry, dusty, and barren. Sporadic small mountain ranges separated by playa that make up the expanse of western Utah, Nevada and California, the basin and range province is...

Observations of a Storm, High Up on a Ledge

Observations of a Storm, High Up on a Ledge

Ben Timm, Staff Writer
June 7, 2024

First the rain comes down. Lightly at first, and then as the sky opens up, a full deluge. The sandy earth, reaching a point of saturation that it can no longer contain, starts to sweat out excess water....

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When it Snows in the Desert

Ben Timm, Staff Writer
February 5, 2024

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Views of LCC

Ben Timm, Staff Writer
November 2, 2023

Off Mt Superior

Training to Ski Through an Injury

Ben Timm, Staff Writer
March 25, 2024

Camping in Moab Somewhat Free of People

Ben Timm, Staff Writer
January 19, 2024

I had been working most weekends, hiking only when I could find time and otherwise living a torturous existence of indoor entrapment. Here is where my story starts: I had a couple days during fall break...

Snowmelt, Goats and Other Hazards

Snowmelt, Goats and Other Hazards

Ben Timm, Staff Writer
October 9, 2023

Skiing a big face in July in Utah feels like it should be a contradiction. But, after a record year of snowfall, such a thing appeared to be a very real possibility. This is a story of my attempt to do...

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