“I, ……, do hereby swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement, and while I am an employee of Russell, Majors and Waddell, I will, under no circumstances, use profane language, that I will drink no intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or fight with any other employee of the firm, [...]

Powder Mountain Ski Resort has an unusual beginning, primarily due to its unique founder, Frederick James Cobabe. Orphaned at age 15, he became a sheepherder, taking his pay in sheep to build his own herd. And that was why he began accumulating land around Eden, Utah. Not satisfied with being a rancher, or with his [...]

Fish Lake is the largest natural mountain lake in Utah and is surrounded by majestic stands of aspens encircling open mountain meadows. The meadows and surrounding terrain are home to over 300 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, and include elk, deer, black bear, cougar, wild turkey, moose and mountain goats. Fish Lake [...]

Utah Lake is unique in that it is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the West and yet it lies in an arid area that receives less than 15 inches of rainfall each year. In fact, the lake is fed by the Provo River and is one of the best fishing spots in the [...]

Tucked into a maze of canyons in some of the most remote country in the continental U.S., is a 46-mile-long canyon famous for white water rafting adventure, as well as some of the most beautiful scenery in the Southwest, Cataract Canyon. Located in both Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation area, the canyon [...]

Among the largest salt lakes in the world, with an average of 12% salinity, second only to the Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake in Utah is a unique stopping place in the Southwest. A remnant of the massive ancient Lake Bonneville, a pluvial lake which covered much of western Utah in prehistoric times, the lake [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]