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The Utah Bucket List: Timpanogos Cave’s heart of stone

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:48 MDT

The Utah Bucket List: Timpanogos Cave’s heart of stone

by Brett Prettyman | The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 19, 2013 04:54PM MDT

American Fork Canyon • Utah has some amazing mountains to climb, ski, hike and mountain bike. But only one of them has a heart. Actually, the hearts of two lovers morphed into one, deep within Mount Timpanogos. So goes the legend of the Great Heart stalactite formation in Timpanogos Cave. More than 70,000 people gaze at the heart of the cave annually during National Park Service guided hikes from the limited May to September season at Timpanogos Cave National Monument in this Utah County canyon...

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Where in Utah was this photo taken?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:48 MDT

Where in Utah was this photo taken?

Published Jun 19, 2013 04:54PM MDT

This week • Correctly name where in Utah this photo was taken to be eligible for a drawing for the book Utah by Tom and Gayen Wharton. Entries must be received by 5 p.m. June 18. Email your guess to outdoors@sltrib.com with “Where Is It?” in the subject line. Last week • Forty-six of the 51 entries correctly identified a view of Snow Canyon State Park from the northernmost parking area along Snow Canyon Drive. Ted Symes had his entry drawn and wins a copy of Fishing Utah by Brett Prettyman.

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Utah outdoors: A ‘Where Is It’ photo collection

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:48 MDT

Utah outdoors: A ‘Where Is It’ photo collection

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 19, 2013 04:54PM MDT

The weekly Where is It in The Tribune’s Outdoors section has been a fun puzzle for Utah outdoors enthusiasts for years. We have more on file than we can ever use, so we are sharing them in a weekly gallery. If you have photos you would like to submit, send high-resolution copies to brettp@sltrib.com. Make sure to provide information about where it was taken and when it was snapped. See previous outdoors galleries at www.sltrib.com/topics/outdoorpix.

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Utah outdoors: A ‘Hook Shot’ photo collection

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:48 MDT

Utah outdoors: A ‘Hook Shot’ photo collection

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 19, 2013 04:54PM MDT

The Hook Shot in The Tribune has been a fun feature for Utah outdoors enthusiasts for years. We have more photos on file than we can ever use, so we are sharing them in this gallery. If you have photos you would like to submit, send high-resolution copies to brettp@sltrib.com. Make sure to provide information about who is in the picture, where it was taken and when it was snapped. Include any fun or special information abou...

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Get a kick out of Bucket List: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:15:17 MDT

Get a kick out of Bucket List: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)

by Brett Prettyman | The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 08:15AM MDT

Canyonlands National Park • The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon. It was something explorer John Wesley Powell experienced in a dreadful way 144 years ago and an adventure that people today travel from across the world to experience, albeit in much less-dramatic fashion. Selecting places to visit for The Utah Buck...

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Utah outdoors: Some of our favorite reader photos

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:15:17 MDT

Utah outdoors: Some of our favorite reader photos

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 08:15AM MDT

The Salt Lake Tribune has been collecting reader-submitted photos of outdoor adventures for years. We have a huge collection of unused photos and have had some incredible shots submitted. We have been sharing these photos in online galleries. Popular topics include wildlife, active lifestyle and scenery. Submissions will be considered for our periodic Out Takes feature in the newspaper and for the Out Takes photo galleries online. Include details on the location, any people in the photo, what is...

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Starting summer on a high (Uintas) note

Tue, 28 May 2013 14:53:01 MDT

Starting summer on a high (Uintas) note

by Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 28, 2013 02:53PM MDT

Mirror Lake Highway • For Landon Bartlett, the climb got steeper and the chill got deeper with each breath. While Utah is working on its 2013 green, the High Uintas along Mirror Lake Highway still have snow packed about 3 feet high on each side near Bald Mountain Pass. Bartlett, a transfer student at Utah Valley University from his home state of Wisconsin, wheeled his bike up toward the 10,759-foot summit underneath a frosty Bald Mountain shedding layers in the sub-50-degree weather. “The Hi...

Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Tue, 28 May 2013 10:29:11 MDT

Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Published May 28, 2013 10:29AM MDT

Directions • Adams Canyon is a fairly steep, strenuous hike with an awesome waterfall payoff located about 30 minutes from Salt Lake City. To get there, take Interstate 15 north to Highway 89 (exit 324). Take a right on 1200 North, which is a stop sign just north of Oak Hills Drive, then a right again for the frontage road. Follow it to the dirt parking area. Entrance to the hike is a labeled opening in a chain link fence. The path starts out steep and sandy, then drops down into the canyon ...

Hook Shot: A first fish for Derek

Tue, 28 May 2013 10:29:11 MDT

Hook Shot: A first fish for Derek

Published May 28, 2013 10:29AM MDT

Jason Stead sent in this picture of his son Derek with the first fish he ever caught during a family fishing trip to Cleveland Reservoir in the summer of 2012.

Out Takes: Capitol Reef National Park, a Utah gem

Tue, 28 May 2013 10:29:11 MDT

Out Takes: Capitol Reef National Park, a Utah gem

Published May 28, 2013 10:29AM MDT

Bryson White took this picture while visiting Capitol Reef National Park in February of 2013. “The sun was just starting to set behind us, making the entire landscape come alive with reds, yellows, blacks, blues and whites. This is definitely one of Utah’s gems,” White wrote.