CANYON - The Salt Lake Tribune

No easy or cheap solution to canyon transportation

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

No easy or cheap solution to canyon transportation

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 26, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Whatever transit system ultimately is selected for the canyons of the central Wasatch Mountains, it will be expensive and fraught with challenges. So a 2012 Mountain Transportation Study supervised by Salt Lake County said it’s vital that an environmental impact statement (EIS), now in the early stage of development, subject every potential mode of canyon transportation to great scrutiny. And while it is particularly important to focus on transportation to and within Little Cottonwood and Big ...

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A HEART of stone

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

A HEART of stone

By Brett Prettyman | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 26, 2013 01:01AM 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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Living History: An Emigration Canyon railroad inspires the Pinecrest Inn

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:01:07 MDT

Living History: An Emigration Canyon railroad inspires the Pinecrest Inn

By eileen hallet stone The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 25, 2013 11:01PM MDT

Emigration Canyon, long associated with the emigrant trail, Donner-Reed Party, the 49ers, Johnston’s Army and the Pony Express, was early on abuzz with commerce, from timber rights and sandstone quarries to the Emigration Canyon Railroad and the Pinecrest Inn. In 1907, during Salt Lake City’s building boom, the Utah pioneer jurist LeGrand Young built a 14-mile narrow-gauge electric railway to better serve the city’s increasing demands for building foundation sandstone (see May 12, 2013, Salt L...

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Forest Service lists open Utah campgrounds, safety tips

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:15 MDT

Forest Service lists open Utah campgrounds, safety tips

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

The U.S. Forest Service has issued the following advisory for campground status and safety tips for the Memorial Day weekend. Campgrounds • Most campgrounds are now open throughout the state, but higher-elevation campgrounds, roads and trails may still be snow covered or muddy. Forest Service campgrounds open for the weekend include: Beaver • Little Cottonwood, Mahogany Cove, Kent’s Lake, Little Reservoir and City Creek (no water); and Ponderosa picnic area Cedar City • All campgrounds a...

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Holiday water shutoff irks some Ogden Canyon residents

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:15 MDT

Holiday water shutoff irks some Ogden Canyon residents

By cathy mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

Residents who live along a stretch of State Route 39 through Ogden Canyon recently received a surprise — a hand-delivered notice informing them of a 30-hour water shutoff that begins at 5 p.m. on Memorial Day. “We’ve tolerated an amazing amount of nonsense. We’re tired of it,” homeowner Joel Hewson said of the traffic delays and other disruptions related to the Ogden Canyon Water Project that began in November and should finish within a few weeks. The notice informed residents that the shutoff...

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Utah Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:14 MDT

Utah Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Updated May 23, 2013 02:58PM MDT

Directions • Adams Canyon is a fairly steep, strenuous hike with an awesome waterfall payoff 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 and runs...

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Where in Utah was this photo taken?

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:31:02 MDT

Where in Utah was this photo taken?

Updated May 22, 2013 11:31AM 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. May 28. Email your guess to outdoors@sltrib.com with “Where Is It?” in the subject line. Last week • All but seven of the 103 entries correctly identified the twin hoodoo formations in Red Canyon near Bryce Canyon National Park. Cassidy Jones of Midway had her entry drawn and wins a copy of Fishing Utah by Brett Prettyman.

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Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:19:02 MDT

Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Updated May 22, 2013 02:19PM 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 ...

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Climber falls and dies near Provo Canyon waterfall

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:48:42 MDT

Climber falls and dies near Provo Canyon waterfall

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 07:48AM MDT

Investigators need help identifying a man who died Wednesday after taking a fall in Provo Canyon. At 8:07 p.m., Utah County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a man who fell about 200 feet at Bridal Veil Falls. When rescuers arrived they found him at the base of the falls, according to a news release. He appeared to have died from his injuries, the release adds. He didn’t have any identification, and in the absence of a missing person report from the area, investigators have not been a...

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

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:32:27 MDT

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

By Brett Prettyman | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 07:32AM 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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Paul Rolly: Separating church, state and Twitter

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:12:58 MDT

Paul Rolly: Separating church, state and Twitter

By PAUL ROLLY Tribune Columnist

Updated May 21, 2013 10:12PM MDT

Utah state government’s Twitter account, @UtahGov, posted on May 12 a link to a spectacular seven-minute video journey through southwestern Utah’s Snow Canyon, produced by Jeremiah Barber. The scenery, accompanied by soft music, creates an enticing tourism lure to that part of the Beehive State. At the end of the video, right after a shot through an opening in a rock formation revealing a star-filled sky, a Book of Mormon scripture, from Jacob 4:9, appears. It reads: “For behold, by the power o...

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Celebrated Utah climbing location may get a face-lift

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:54:17 MDT

Celebrated Utah climbing location may get a face-lift

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 08:54AM MDT

The U.S. Forest Service is looking to improve access to the world-renowned rock-climbing routes in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon. Its Salt Lake Ranger District is proposing to remove a dilapidated Grit Mill and equipment from the north side of the canyon road, just uphill from the park-and-ride lot and below The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ vaults, and replace them with a better parking lot and an improved trail system for reaching the granite faces that attract thousands of cli...

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Utah’s newest trail opens at Provo Canyon

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:13:19 MDT

Utah’s newest trail opens at Provo Canyon

The Associated Press

Updated May 19, 2013 05:13PM MDT

Orem • Utah’s newest trail has opened for foot, bike and horse use. Utah County officials on Saturday celebrated the opening of the 17-mile Murdock Canal Trail that starts at the mouth of Provo Canyon and ends at Thanksgiving Point. After an opening ceremony in Orem, formal ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held at six stops along the trail: Lindon, Pleasant Grove, Cedar Hills, American Fork, Highland and Lehi. The 15-foot-wide paved trail for pedestrians and bicycles, and an adjacent trail for hor...

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Mill Creek Canyon goal: Dispersed recreation

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:41:13 MDT

Mill Creek Canyon goal: Dispersed recreation

By Mike Gorrell | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 07:41AM MDT

The trouble with Mill Creek Canyon is that most visitors go to the same places at the same times. So even though traffic counts are much lower there than in Big Cottonwood or Little Cottonwood canyons, cars inevitably bunch up at a few picnic areas and trailheads during the summer and at a gate by the Maple Grove picnic area during the winter. Finding a way to disperse those crowds was the primary goal of a study the consulting firm Fehr & Peers completed last year for Salt Lake County. Not onl...

3A baseball: Snow Canyon honors fallen teammate with repeat

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:12:09 MDT

3A baseball: Snow Canyon honors fallen teammate with repeat

By Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 19, 2013 12:12AM MDT

Orem • A group of Warriors huddled along the first-base line and started their roar. They couldn’t quite contain the emotion suddenly befallen on them as they held a navy blue jersey to the sky. The jersey had the No. 6 on the back and read “Warriors” across the chest. Then they screamed his name. “We see you, K.J.!” one Warrior yelled. “I miss you, K.J.,” said senior Jake Lindsey, tears flooding his face. On a misty May day, the Snow Canyon Warriors saw K.J. Harrison, and K.J. Harrison saw them...

3A baseball: Dramatic comeback propels Desert Hills into title game

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:36 MDT

3A baseball: Dramatic comeback propels Desert Hills into title game

By Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 10:48AM MDT

Orem • Heart and guts. Grit and grind. Dirty jerseys and picking up teammates and the unquestionable belief they’ll end up celebrating when that final out is recorded. That is Desert Hills Thunder, and that is the team playing for the Class 3A state championship after a raucous 5-4 come-from-behind victory over Region 9 rival Snow Canyon Friday evening at Brent Brown Ballpark at Utah Valley University. They fell behind 4-0 in the fourth inning and the breaks were going against them. Sophomore sh...

3A baseball: Snow Canyon ace baffles Canyon View

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:48:32 MDT

3A baseball: Snow Canyon ace baffles Canyon View

By Kyle Goon The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48PM MDT

Orem • “He’ll be back out there before this thing’s over — I know that.” Snow Canyon coach Reed Secrist’s words should loom over the rest of the Class 3A baseball state tournament like an avalanche. It’s tough to get between left-handed pitcher Riley Gates and a state championship. Region 9 rival Canyon View knows that after a 5-0 defeat Thursday. The senior had a torrid start, notching 11 strikeouts and allowing only two hits while leading Snow Canyon to the winners bracket final with Desert Hi...

Utah Hike of the week: Spooky Gulch

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:55:03 MDT

Utah Hike of the week: Spooky Gulch

Updated May 16, 2013 02:55PM MDT

Spooky Gulch is a short but intensely narrow slot canyon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. It is great area for hikers of all ages, but you may want to stay out of the narrows if you are claustrophobic or of sizable girth. Watch for snakes. Getting There • The hike is near Hole in the Rock Road, which is well-signed just southeast of Escalante on State Road 12. Check at the Grand Staircase-Escalante Visitors Center to check road conditions before departing. Travel 26 miles south...

Utah avalanche season exacts heartbreaking toll

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:14:25 MDT

Utah avalanche season exacts heartbreaking toll

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 06:14AM MDT

Statistically speaking, Utah’s avalanche season could not have been more average. Four people died, equaling the average number of fatalities annually in snowslides around the state. But as Utah Avalanche Center forecaster Drew Hardesty observed in his emotional report on the 2012-13 season, the stories underlying the numbers are a reminder that tragedies are never ordinary and that this winter’s toll was particularly hard to take for avalanche-safety professionals. “In terms of the mark [the fa...

Utah Hike of the week: Spooky Gulch

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:03 MDT

Utah Hike of the week: Spooky Gulch

By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune

CANYON - The Salt Lake Tribune

No easy or cheap solution to canyon transportation

Updated May 26, 2013 01:01AM MDT

A HEART of stone

Updated May 26, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Living History: An Emigration Canyon railroad inspires the Pinecrest Inn

Updated May 25, 2013 11:01PM MDT

Forest Service lists open Utah campgrounds, safety tips

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

Holiday water shutoff irks some Ogden Canyon residents

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

Utah Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Updated May 23, 2013 02:58PM MDT

Where in Utah was this photo taken?

Updated May 22, 2013 11:31AM MDT

Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Updated May 22, 2013 02:19PM MDT

Climber falls and dies near Provo Canyon waterfall

Updated May 23, 2013 07:48AM MDT

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

Updated May 24, 2013 07:32AM MDT

Paul Rolly: Separating church, state and Twitter

Updated May 21, 2013 10:12PM MDT

Celebrated Utah climbing location may get a face-lift

Updated May 21, 2013 08:54AM MDT

Utah’s newest trail opens at Provo Canyon

Updated May 19, 2013 05:13PM MDT

Mill Creek Canyon goal: Dispersed recreation

Updated May 20, 2013 07:41AM MDT

3A baseball: Snow Canyon honors fallen teammate with repeat

Updated May 19, 2013 12:12AM MDT

3A baseball: Dramatic comeback propels Desert Hills into title game

Updated May 18, 2013 10:48AM MDT

3A baseball: Snow Canyon ace baffles Canyon View

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48PM MDT

Utah Hike of the week: Spooky Gulch

Updated May 16, 2013 02:55PM MDT

Utah avalanche season exacts heartbreaking toll

Updated May 16, 2013 06:14AM MDT

Utah Hike of the week: Spooky Gulch

Updated May 15, 2013 02:02PM MDT