If you’re speeding on a county road in Utah, does a Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management ranger have the legal right to stop and give you a ticket? The state of Utah says no, and it just passed a law formalizing its position. But don’t get excited, it’s not your back that Utah’s [ more... ]

A man on Antelope Island in Utah thought that well, sure, bison are cool, but they’d be cooler if they were more active. So, to inspire some activity, he began shaking the fence and throwing rocks at the animals. But, the story has a happy ending. The animal ran up and rammed the man against the fence. The series of photos was shot by Wayne Ebenroth who was on hand to cheer for his wife during a race, the Antelope Island Buffalo Run. He noticed the idiot with the rocks and shot some photos reminding us all that justice can be swift in the animal kingdom.

Two Salt Lake brothers were arraigned on fraud charges for raising millions of dollars to develop a ski area at a members-only resort. They sold the idea of converting Elk Meadows ski resort to investors, but the conversion failed to materialize and one of the two has been charged with failing to inform the investors [ more... ]

Do you adventure in small planes? Did you see the movie Flight? What about Alive? This is a much smaller plane. And they say the smaller the plane, the more likely the crash. I’m surprised those little ultralights don’t come with body bags packed under the seat. Next time you’re in a bar in Alaska and some guy offers you a lift to the other side of the state, think about this video. During a flight over Utah aboard a Cessna 175, the group experience engine trouble and had to look for a straightaway to crash land. They didn’t find one, but don’t worry. They still crash landed. And it was all caught on video.

Two Utah men who started a forest fire with something called an “explosive target(!?)” were given $5k fines and suspended six-month prison sentences. The duo was target shooting when whatever they were shooting exploded (this is presumably on purpose) and ignited brush starting a fire that would cost $2.1 million to put out, burn 5,507 [ more... ]

A duo skiing Mill Creek Canyon in Utah triggered an avalanche 700 feet wide that dropped over 800 feet. A 43-year-old woman was caught and buried, but she had a working transceiver and her partner was well prepared and able to locate and dig her out. She wasn’t breathing when he pulled her out and [ more... ]

A soap opera of Utah ski resorts played out in court yesterday when a judge dismissed several key parts of a lawsuit spat between Park City Mountain Resort and Talisker Corporation. The issue is that Talisker Corp leases the land PCMR is built on, but that lease ran out in April 2011 and PCMR didn’t [ more... ]

In honor of their 75th anniversary, Alta has teamed up with Wasatch Brewing to create an anniversary ale. Their blog post making the announcement says that in 1878, of the 47 businesses listed in the Alta directory 26 were saloons. Times change, huh? I have high hopes for Utah and their liquor laws. Perhaps by [ more... ]

A group of women called the Great Old Broads for Wilderness encourage elderly people to advocated for protection of public land and, whenever possible, to use it for hiking and camping. And they’ve made some enemies in San Juan County, Utah. During one of their regular “BroadWalks,” where they car camp and host presentations, the [ more... ]

This photo posted on the Stop Ski Link Now Facebook page purports to detail just where the Ski Link would pick up at the Canyons and where you’d have to park your car at the Canyons resort to get to Ski Link. If accurate, it’s perhaps the most logical argument I’ve seen against the development [ more... ]