Don’t call them ‘preppers’: Meet the people building an off-grid community in Utah’s West Desert

“It’s not a doomsday effort, it’s a lifestyle,” says Riverbed Ranch founder Philip Gleason.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Philip Gleason, founder of Riverbed Ranch gives a tour of the off-grid property on Saturday, February. 17, 2024. Gleason likes to reference an early family experience of losing power in a winter storm when he had three young daughters as the reason to starting a self sustaining community.

Don’t call them ‘preppers’: Meet the people building an off-grid community in Utah’s West Desert

“It’s not a doomsday effort, it’s a lifestyle,” says Riverbed Ranch founder Philip Gleason.

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