Until near the end of January the ice season around Utah had been pretty lackluster. The warm atmospheric rivers that were pummeling Utah with snow and making the ski season all-time were keeping temps warm at low elevations. I hadn’t been out more than a handful of times as a result. Then in the first […]
Tag: desert
2022-11 Thanksgiving
The long Thanksgiving weekend put us in St. George with friends to do some bouldering and trail running. We did get a bit of roped climbing in as well, but only a few pitches due to being overcast and chilly that day. But the bouldering and trail run were great. We opted into a hotel […]
2022-11-08 San Rafael Reef
Carly and I headed down to the Swell over the weekend. Our plans go snafu’ed bit. Friday night we had to return back to SLC after realizing around Santaquin that we’d left all our food in the fridge—we’d planned to go to St. George. We turned around and decided to stay in SLC and leave […]
October 9, 2022 With Carly out of town I got a weekend, a long one at that, to myself. Branden suggested riding most of the Pony Express through Utah. I’d had this one on my future rides list so it was pretty easy to make it happen. We had a little extra logistics for fuel […]
2022-02-14 Hidden Haven
To cap our four day weekend off we stopped in Parowan to do an ice climb I’ve wanted to check out for a while. Parowan is on the road to Brian Head Ski Resort in southern Utah. The area is mainly arid and desert-ish, particularly in the summer time. However there’s an interesting slot canyon […]