Snowbird, Utah, was named the No. 1 ski resort in North America in 2008 by Outside Magazine, and was named one of the top skiing destinations in North America by Mountain Magazine in 2010. It also has a dozen other awards and accolades, making it a fantastic ski getaway spot. Just 30 miles from Salt [...]

Ever seen hundreds of runners in Santa suits? It happens once a year at the end of November in both Ogden and Provo, Utah. Hundreds of runners don Santa suits, hats and beards and race up the main streets of both towns. Santa’s Helpers (all volunteers) who dress in green shirts and hats hand out [...]

Have you ever wondered what the pilgrims had for their first Thanksgiving dinner? If you’d like to find out, a great place to visit is the Thanksgiving Point Institute in Lehi, Utah. Around the third week of November, just before Thanksgiving, the institute transforms its Show Barn into a 17th Century showplace, complete with the [...]

People allege that they see a ghost walking the southern shores of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The ghost, they say, is a male, dressed in various bits of old-fashioned clothing and carrying a shovel. This infamous shade has earned a place of dishonor in the annals of bizarre Utah history, as well as [...]

Around the year 1,000 A.D., Native Americans known as the Fremont, gathered on a hilltop in what is now Fremont Indian State Park and Museum in Central Utah. More than 100 structures dot the ridgeline and the people decorated the area with more than 690 rock art panels. Life wasn’t easy here though as each [...]

Two years after the dam was erected across Strawberry River, Starvation State Park in Utah was established. The dam created a 3,495 surface acre reservoir as part of the Central Utah Water Project. This gorgeous reservoir, nestled among arid hills and sandstone bluffs, offers marvelous fishing, boating and water sport activities, as well as amazing [...]

{openx:6}Though it may seem that Utah has a less-than-dynamic cultural milieu, occasionally a place or an event will challenge that sentiment. Such is the case with the Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple located right off of Main Street in Spanish Fork, Utah. Year-round the beautiful Rajasthani-style temple hosts a slew of events, catering not only [...]

The southwest is known for its abundance of slot canyons: narrow, water-worn gorges that are far deeper than they are wide. One of the most famous, The Narrows, lies in Utah’s spectacular Zion National Park, while nearby Arizona’s Antelope Canyon may be the most-photographed. But you don’t have to travel far within Utah to find [...]

{openx:6}On the southeast corner of the marvelous San Rafael Swell in central Utah lies Goblin Valley State Park. Hidden here is an otherworldly valley and photographer’s paradise, filled with mushroom-shaped and goblin-topped hoodoos, sandstone boulders rounded and perched atop narrow pedestals. Goblin Valley is located in a remote spot in the desert, tucked between the [...]

{openx:6}In southeast Utah, huddled high up on the Colorado Plateau, there’s an elevated swath of land known as Cedar Mesa. This high desert is rife with cliffs and canyons, and contains a concentration of ancient Native American sites—the cliff dwellings of the Ancient Puebloans, the Anasazi. Cedar Mesa recently made headlines as one of two [...]