Whet your family’s appetite for rollers and rapids while white water rafting Utah and you’ll have them coming back asking for bigger and badder. But before you’re ready to upgrade to Class V, there’s some intermediate water that needs to be covered. Happily, Utah has the ri...

Yes, Park City, Utah is home to three big name resorts. And yes, it would be easy to stay busy simply sticking to the slopes. But that would be to overlook some of Park City’s special winter offerings, like dog sledding and snow tubing. Or a sleigh ride, pulled by snowcat, up to the Viking Yurt at ...

Whether you’re in search of raging white water or a stretch of lazy river sporting only minor ripples, do put Utah to the paddle. Really, when it comes to outdoor adventure, Utah has an unfair natural advantage. Endowed with strangely beautiful red rock canyons and brilliant starry nights, i...

Arizona boasts spectacular national parks and intriguing historic monuments but neither is this state a slouch when it comes to good birding. Despite the vast expanses of sun-baked desert, bird life flourishes here, particularly along riparian corridors like the Grand Canyon, or on the banks of th...

Thanks to Utah’s unique, and generally scenic, geography, this state draws birds in flocks, from the migratory species that crowd the Great Salt Lake in spring and early summer to the desert birds of the Mojave. Even riparian songbirds are attracted to urban waterways like City Creek, a ston...

There are some who might say that Coloradans have it all: big mountains, stunning scenery and world-class whitewater. And they might be right. But what happens when you’ve been there, done that - when summiting that tall peak or taking in that picturesque tableau just isn’t enough anym...

It’s spectacular scenery, much of it protected as part of the Utah national park system, that brings travelers in droves to the southwestern half of the state. In all, there are 5 Utah national parks worth exploring for days on end, but don’t get so caught up in lovely landscapes that ...

Just because you wouldn’t know Bode Miller from a bobsled doesn’t mean you’re completely out of the running when it comes to acting like a medalist in some snow related sport. In fact, though plenty of professional athletes can be observed spraying snow on the skeleton track, slo...

We could say all kinds of things about taking the bait, getting lured in and pole dancing but the fact is: you put an angler in proximity to Lake Powell and chances are, said angler will be thinking not of red rock scenery and relaxing on a houseboat but yes, fish. You can take away the rod but you’...

Salt Lake City, Utah might be a bustling city of more than 180,000, with a greater metropolitan area population pushing well past 1 million. But despite the numbers, this capital city is one firmly in touch with its natural roots. Though there’s easy access to the Wasatch Mountains and other wildern...