Alta The 2019-20 is Alta Ski Area’s 82nd ski season serving up lift served skiing. Alta started out as a mining town and in 1938 the first chairlift was scooping skiers up to earn powder turns. A nightly booking at all lodges includes breakfast and dinner. Alta receives an average yearly snowfall of 547” inches with 2,614 skiable acres. “If you can see it, you can it.” With … [Read more...]
Realms of Inquiry: The View From Here
Realms of Inquiry, a private school in Salt Lake City, Utah, offers students a view past the walls of the classroom by utilizing climbing and nature to prepare them for future success. It is 12:30 in the afternoon on a Monday and I’m waiting at the base of a popular climbing crag up Big Cottonwood Canyon known as The S-curves. For autumn, it’s unseasonably warm. The … [Read more...]
Babs in the City: Tailgating Season
The Olympics are long gone and school for many is half-way done for the fall semester. That means we’re deep into football and tailgating season! The first two football games at the U of U were against the YMCA and the the Utah Agricultural College, now known as Utah State University, back in 1892. The first BYU football team played the U of U in 1896 and won 12-0. That … [Read more...]