Can we live with electric mountain bikes on trails?
The first time I saw an electric bike — better known as an e-bike — I was struggling up a…
Mountain biker Celeste Young takes a break along the Big Hole Crest Trail in Idaho. 2022 image. Photo courtesy Molly Absolon
MoreNever hike without this perfect accompaniment
I have long been known to have pet peeves about the debris hikers drop along trails, but one piece of…
Buster babes with a bandana collar
MoreHow do you you-know-what in the woods
Poop talk makes everybody fidget and giggle uncomfortably. We like our poop to disappear. We want shiny white porcelain toilets…
MoreOh, Utah! When will you learn?
A new video released by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox argues the big, semi-annual trade show called Outdoor Retailer should come…
Delicate Arch Utah, image credit Solo Travel Goals, via Unsplash
MoreA backroad journey through time
Moab on a mid-fall weeknight was full. All the motels, RV parks and tents sites had “no vacancy” notices. Every…
Car Forest is 30 miles outside of Tonopah, NV, photo credit, Dennis Hinkamp
MoreA community of river guides copes with loss
The Grand Canyon boating community — devoted to each other and to the Colorado River — was shocked to learn…
MoreLet’s redefine those bucket lists
What did we learn this summer and fall? We learned that people who’d been cooped up, thanks to COVID-19, flocked…
MorePlease don’t pet the wildlife
“I can’t believe that person is getting that close.” Just off the road stands a bull elk — a 700-pound…
MoreYou can explore the West and escape the crowds
Here’s the dilemma: You want to explore the West’s huge treasure of public land, but you don’t want to be…
Lake Serene Washington, Photo by Jamie Coupaud, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreDying for powder
“I don’t know anyone who’s stood at the top of a slope and thought, ‘Well, this could kill me, but it’s going to be epic powder skiing!’”
Photograph by Jan Kronies, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreCovid-19 And Recreation: Too Much Poop, Too Many People
“Though conservation groups continue to point fingers at logging, mining and ranching, they’ve been slow to acknowledge impacts from outdoor recreation.”
Photograph by Diogo Tavares, Courtesy of Unsplash
MoreGRAND CANYON TAKES A BREAK FROM THE CROWDS
To reach any national park in the West, people have to travel. Travel is risky and helps spread the virus.
Photograph by Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff
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