Alta is a throwback to the days before ski areas morphed into “ski and summer mountain resorts.”
Utah Recreation & Environment
Beginning of the end for Lake Powell?
Of immediate concern is the slimy muck that threatens the Colorado Plateau’s multimillion-dollar recreational river rafting industry.
Water conservation or pipeline in southwest Utah?
The study concluded that Washington County can accommodate projected water use needs for the next 50 years using water conservation measures, and a proposed pipeline from Lake Powell to Washington County is not needed.
Lake Powell — Sea of joy, sea of excess
The damming of the Colorado River at Glen Canyon is high on the West’s “greatest ecological sins” list.
Utah’s Natural Bridges: Hiking into the 13th century
At the edge of White Canyon in Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah, looking 500 feet down the steep walls of whitish Cedar Mesa sandstone — hiking to the bottom seems an impossibility.
10,000 brains upon the Green River
The Green River through Utah’s Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons carries much history — about 150 years of it is human history, another several million years never got recorded in a journal.
The road to Moab: Kokopelli’s Trail
To the north of the landing, the section of Kokopelli’s trail stretches nearly 25 miles to Rabbit Valley, approximately 20 miles from Loma.