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If you thought the drought was bad for water supplies, just add wildfires Amy Joi ODonoghue © Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Dead and fallen trees are pictured near Soapstone Basin in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Utah’s Dollar Ridge Fire in 2018 was an ominous knock at the door for water supply managers trying to keep water flowing to a million residents. That fire led them to invest in a $28 million upgrade to the Duchesne Valley Treatme...

Already have an account? Photo: "Longs Peak from Chasm Lake ~ Rocky Mountain National Park" by Dusty J is licensed under CC BY 2.0 From epic summit scrambles to bucket-list hikes to local gems, there’s a whole world of adventures out there for you to have—and we’re here to help you do it. Outside+ members get access to the full text of all of Backpacker’s curated hike reports—including the five on this list—including directions, campsite and permit information, interactive maps, an...

Talk about a cool down in Utah. Well, for now at least.\n

A remote area in the Bear River Range Credit Josh Boling ‘Remote’ is not a characteristic I would assign to the city center, a major metropolis like where I grew up. But I also remember summers spent high in the crown of our old magnolia tree, where my 8 year old self may have begged to differ. There, I found wildness—forgot about time and place and the civilization that occupied them.  What does ‘remote’ mean? Take a moment, if you will, and conjure a memory—to the most remote pla...

Why all that snow we’re shoveling may not rescue Utah from a bad water year Brian Maffly © Leah Hogsten (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordan Clayton, supervisor with Utah Snow Survey for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) shown with his dog Gus, at the Daniels Strawberry Snotel or snow telemetry network site, Feb. 3, 2021. The tall tower is equipped with wind, temperature, snow depth and solar radiation sensors. The brown tower, left, is a precipitat...

Despite recent snowstorms, experts fear Utah's water shortages later this summer could bring dry streams and farms in some areas.

Photo by Tom Kelly Remember the days where you skied from first lift to close? Your legs would be burning and your mind racing. Being truly blessed as locals with two world-class resorts at our ski tips, it’s a little easier these days. When I was working, I would take lunch breaks running laps on Mountaineer Express for an hour, then head back to the office. Today, I have a bit more luxury to explore the mountain. So, with a bit of flexibility, I wondered just how much mountain I could cover...

Uinta Highline Trail: Quick and Dirty Guide The Uinta Highline Trail is a 104-mile trail that runs along the Uinta Mountain Range in Utah’s Ashley National Forest and Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The trail is noted for its expansive views and varied terrain, which includes lodgepole forest, glacial valleys, alpine lakes, and high mountain passes. The trail has an average elevation of 10,700′; it crosses eight mountain passes that are over 11,000′, requiring 16,700′ of elevation gain e...