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Yearly Archives: 2015

Weather Slickrock Trail Moab Utah The Slickrock Trail, located near Moab, Utah (U.S.A.), is a popular mountain biking destination with worldwide fame. This 13-mile (20.9 km) loop takes intrepid riders over a landscape of “petrified” sand dunes and the eroded remnants of ancient sea beds. The Slickrock Trail is one […]

Slickrock Mountain Biking Trails in Utah

October 8, 2015 in Featured / Utah Mountain Biking by Rob Ratliff

Zion National Park is located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile (590 km2) park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile (800 m) deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by […]

Zion National Park a Great Place To Hike

October 7, 2015 in Featured / Utah National Parks / Utah Scenery by Rob Ratliff

Goblin Valley State Park is a state park of Utah, USA. Its eminent feature is its thousands of hoodoos and hoodoo rocks, referred to locally as "goblins", which are formations of mushroom-shaped rock pinnacles, some as high as several meters. The distinct shape of these rocks comes from an erosion-resistant layer […]

Goblin Valley State Park Utah

October 7, 2015 in Featured / Utah State Parks by Rob Ratliff

The Narrows in Zion National Park, (near Springdale, Utah) is a section of canyon on the North Fork of the Virgin River. The hike of The Narrows is one of the premier hikes on the Colorado Plateau. The term The Narrows refers to both the through-hike of The Narrows, and […]

Hiking in The Narrows at Zion National Park

October 7, 2015 in Featured / Utah Backpacking / Utah Hiking by Rob Ratliff

Hiking in the The Canyons of the Escalante is an amazing experience. The name Canyons of the Escalante is a collective name for the erosional landforms created by the Escalante River and its tributaries, the Escalante River Basin. Located in southern Utah in the western United States, these sandstone features […]

Hiking in The Canyons of the Escalante

October 7, 2015 in Featured / Utah Backpacking / Utah Hiking by Rob Ratliff