By Monique Beeley The Book Cliffs stretch nearly 200 miles from east to west, from where the Colorado River descends south into Grand Valley in Colorado to Price Canyon in Utah. The unique and amazing cliffs are composed of sedimentary materials – the name is derived from the Cretaceous sandstone that caps many of the [...]
By Susan Hand Photos Allen Gilberg On a crisp October morning I perched on the side of Canaan Mountain, south of Zion, in the midst of a small grove of maples. The little trees clung to the shallow dirt on a ledge of Moenave Formation, which comprises the aptly named Vermilion Cliffs. Their branches were [...]
With all the beautiful landscape in and around Capitol Reef National Park and the picturesque town of Torrey, and with all the quality flyfishing, it makes for a difficult decision to depart and head on. But don’t fret. You’ll soon be rewarded almost beyond belief. The 130 miles of State Hwy 12 from Torrey to [...]
Story by Ted Brewer Photos by Gary Kalpakoff It’s among the largest refuges of domestic animals in the world, but that doesn’t mean Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is necessarily domesticated. Located just outside Kanab and surrounded by southwestern Utah’s most iconic wilderness landscapes, the sanctuary makes it easy to enjoy red rock splendor and do some good [...]
Story & photos by Monique Beeley Nestled in the heart of southern Utah in the Dixie National Forest at 9,600 feet Brain Head is the state’s highest resort town. Boasting more than 200 miles of pristine alpine singletrack for mountain biking, hundreds of miles of lush, forested and high elevation red rock hiking trails, the [...]
Utah is home to five spectacular and diverse national parks. The largest, at a massive 337,570 acres, is Canyonlands. Arguably, it is also the most rugged, mysterious and primitive. Canyonlands National Park preserves an immense wilderness of rock at the heart of the Colorado Plateau. Water and gravity have been the prime architects of this [...]
Traveling south on I-15, just a few miles past the junction of I-70 is the lovely, laid-back town of Beaver. If you’re on that route, you are now officially in southern Utah. Settled in 1856, Beaver has several claims to fame. One is Beaver’s water, a mixture of spring and well, holds the top honor [...]
By Jim Hilding Photos Carl Oelerich Canyoneering, according to Wikipedia, is traveling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling, and/or swimming. Just a few years ago, very few people were familiar with the term canyoneering (or Wikipedia, for that matter). I suspect the good folks at Wikipedia [...]
By Pat Ronneburg Photos-Monique Beeley Mo, Kati and I were going to fish the area near Capitol Reef National Park with our intrepid guide and good friend, Aaron Adams, from Trout Bum 2 in Park City. Mo and I fished with Aaron a couple years ago so I was excited to go with him again [...]
There’s a place in Utah for adventure and recreation where a family can spend several days, or even a week, and not severely damage the budget. A place that has a world-class mountain resort, a scenic bicycle path along a river, horseback riding and sailing. A place that houses a fascinating dinosaur museum, a cave [...]