Late Summer 2019 – Digital Issue
Late Summer 2019 Digital Issue ← Click here for the issue Read the digital version of Outdoor Sports Guide’s Late Summer 2019 magazine on any device. You can also pick up your print issue for FREE at any of our…
2019 Utah Ski Swaps
2019 Utah Ski Swaps for Buying & Selling Gear Get cash for your season pass by unloading your used winter gear at Utah ski swaps, or shop for new-to-you ski or snowboarding gear. This big list includes Utah ski swaps…
7 Reasons Why Outdoor Athletes Need a Better Bed
7 Reasons Why Outdoor Athletes Need a Better Bed Sleep is incredibly important for anyone. A good night’s rest helps recharge the mind and the body and allows you to get through your day. It helps with your daily motivation,…
5 Trails to Run This Summer
Pounding the pavement can be sizzling in the summer heat. Escape the asphalt for Utah’s trails where cooler temperatures and outdoor beauty await. With plenty of options just minutes from downtown, it’s easy to fit in a run before or…
Pursuit Series & The Rise of Adult Summer Camps
Though summer sleepaway camp was decades ago for me, I can still smell the bug spray, taste the terrible hot chocolate-coffee combo we drank, and feel the icy chill of six a.m. polar bear plunges. From hiking and making boondoggle…
Lizard Skins
A Local Brand’s Success Story By Heather C. Hamblin Like many fledgeling companies, Lizard Skins started out modestly—on a six-foot folding table in a spare bedroom—with one simple product: a sleeve to keep a bike’s chain from scratching the frame.…
Autumn Aloft Takes Off in Park City
If Park City’s brilliant fall colors and crisp temperatures aren’t enough of a reason to get you to escape Salt Lake City this fall, Autumn Aloft should be. Autumn Aloft is the Park City hot air balloon festival originally held…
4 Utah Beers for Summer Fun
Adventure Ales: 4 Utah Beers for Summer Fun Story and Photos By Sarah Shebek These days in Utah, there are almost as many breweries as there are hours in a day. And as the days lengthen, it’s time to get…
Experiencing Utah’s Past—Outdoors
Adventuring Through Time In its thousands of years of human occupation, Utah’s story has centered on the changing, but always intimate, relationship between its places and its people. From the mysterious stone dwellings of the Ancient Puebloan culture to the…
Are Chairlifts Cheating?
A Mountain Biking Perspective Late July—the mercury has topped 105 in the Salt Lake Valley, and Park City is nearly pushing triple digits as the heat wave continues to blanket the west. But I really want to ride my bike.…
From the Editor – Late Summer 2019
From the Editor Growing up, camp was the highlight of my summer vacation. I first fell in love with Utah’s outdoors on hikes in the Uinta Mountains at Mill Hollow and Camp Roger. As an adult, summer camp’s just a…
Starting Line
Starting Line | Late Summer 2019 The Ultimate Challenge Ride like the Tour of Utah athletes for this one-day, endurance bicycle ride on Saturday, August 17. Called “America’s Toughest One Day Cycling Adventure,” the course covers the same tough climbs…