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Wasatch Magazine is the outdoor magazine for Utah students with articles on hiking, skiing, climbing & more. It is an official outdoor adventure publication of the University of Utah. Find ideas for adventures like winter sports, hiking, camping, or biking, or know more about gear, how-to, the environment, and more.
Wasatch Magazine
1d ago
Wintertime is beautiful. Snow on the ground shines like the sun itself, and breath comes out in lazy little clouds. Hot cocoa and coffee warm hands, and Christmas lights shine into January. But wintertime is also slow. Sometimes, after a while, it just feels gray. The days are shorter. Plants go dormant and many mammals drop their heart rates to hibernate through the season. People are bundled up and run indoors, heads down, to stay out of the snow. Driving along the roads, the speed signs flash red “Slow down.”
It’s interesting to think that wintertime is when Western culture decided to put t ..read more
Wasatch Magazine
1d ago
Sometimes something needs to go terribly wrong in order for one to understand what needs to be done right. Call it learning from a stupid mistake, or experimentation on oneself.
Either way, the story starts with me lying upside down on the icy run with one ski on, wondering if I’ll be able to stand up, or if this will be the time I finally need to be dragged down in a sled.
After the first moments following a crash, thoughts are not complicated. It is like stubbing a toe: a string of obscenities for the pain at the stupidity of my own actions and at the world in general. This time ..read more
Wasatch Magazine
6d ago
Picture if you will – early December 2022, the first big snowfall since I moved to Utah for school. There is a buzz in the air about the upcoming ski season and I, a snowboarder, am equally as excited. I figured I wouldn’t get a season pass since I lived in the dorms and didn’t own a car; I’d just buy a couple of day passes whenever I had a friend going up. But when the time came, I looked at the price of a ticket and the traffic up LCC. . . I realized I wouldn’t be boarding that season.
Whether it was the price, the effort, or just lack of motivation, I haven’t snowboarded since I moved here ..read more
Wasatch Magazine
1w ago
Attending the University of Utah provides students with vast opportunities outside of the classroom. Each season brings a new flavor to indulge in. For a lot of us, winter is the chocolate ice cream (cookies and cream, perhaps). Credited with the best snow on Earth, the Wasatch mountains are a luscious waffle cone dipped in fudge and covered with decadent sprinkles. Mouthwatering powder is less than an hour away from campus, and the OneLove Ski and Snowboard Club, run by University of Utah students, makes hitting the slopes even more accessible.
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Wasatch Magazine
1w ago
In our defense, the mountains were calling. In hindsight, it was a truly stupid idea, but who can blame us? We were tired of the winter. Tired of the cold and the inconsistent snowfall, and the fact there wasn’t any around us near in the small town of Lapoint; we figured there would be only a small dusting on the road to our childhood retreat. Nestled in Ashley National Forrest, Paradise was where my family and I grew up. Each year, we made the pilgrimage to enjoy the dense pines and mountain air. While usually impassable in the wintertime, this year had far less snow. Naturally, as one does ..read more
Wasatch Magazine
2w ago
I was watching YouTube instead of studying for finals (as we all do), and I got an ad from a man advocating for running barefoot. Well, he was more trying to sell me his minimalist shoe – which would “simulate running barefoot.” I, a natural skeptic, didn’t believe running barefoot was any good for you. And after a quick google search that didn’t give me an answer immediately, I decided to find out for myself.
Since a one man sample would be an inaccurate representation of a population, and I am dedicated to the scientific process, I convinced my friend Logan to run with me. He will be k ..read more
Wasatch Magazine
1M ago
“It is that time of year again.” As the weather turns in those end-of-year months, I swear that phrase pops up at every turn. For the holidays, for college finals, and for when the first snow falls. But for one of my professors, this phrase came up differently. In mid-November, he mentioned that the first Canada geese had appeared in his pasture. It was that time of year again.
Even if you have never heard of Canada geese, I would bet you have seen them. They are migratory birds that appear every winter in parks, golf courses, and almost any grassy area they can find. Their heads and long neck ..read more
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1M ago
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1M ago
In all of my experiences backpacking with other people, there has only ever been one piece of gear I have ever truly envied. Among all of the bougie ultralight tents and backpacks that one would expect to find the most appealing, this piece of gear remained the most coveted to the remainder of my backpacking kit up until recently. Now, with it finally in my hands and after a fair amount of use, allow me to introduce to you what I think is the most phenomenally capable water filter+purifier on the market: The Grayl Ultrapress.
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My absolute least favorite part of backpacking is the chore of ..read more
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1M ago
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