Charlie is a third-year student majoring in English. He likes to spend his time night skiing at Brighton and climbing around Salt Lake City and southern Utah. Growing up in Florida but moving out to Utah for school, he loves the outdoors on both the East and West coasts.
The aspen trees had laid their leaves down for us, transforming the trail into a golden-tiled tunnel. Just a few months prior, American Fork Canyon was a pool of emerald maples and firs. But summer had...