A Dusting of Powdered Sugar: When Snow Comes to Capitol Reef National Park

A Dusting of Powdered Sugar: When Snow Comes to Capitol Reef National ParkBy: Mark Wade Published on: 01/01/2025

Utah is blessed to have five officially designated national parks. The geographic center of Utah's national parks is Capitol Reef, a seventy-mile-long wrinkle in the earth's crust with incredible surrounding landscapes that bear descriptive names...

CommunityJan/Feb 2025
A Dusting of Powdered Sugar: When Snow Comes to Capitol Reef National Park

Paul Bunyan's Woodpile

Paul Bunyan's WoodpileBy: Mark Wade Published on: 02/11/2024

Until recently, even after decades of exploring Utah, I was quite unaware of a unique formation found south of the historic mining town of Eureka and west of the city of Nephi. In North America, the imaginary woodcutting character Paul Bunyan is...

CommunityNovember/December 2024
Paul Bunyan's Woodpile

The Space Between: See and Do on the Road from Zion to Bryce

The Space Between: See and Do on the Road from Zion to BryceBy: Mark Wade Published on: 02/09/2024

Over the past forty years, I've traveled frequently between two of Utah's most popular scenic attractions, Zion Canyon and Bryce Canyon. The two parks are a mere seventy-five minutes apart in drive time, and within that short distance, there are...

Outdoor RecreationSeptember/October 2024
The Space Between: See and Do on the Road from Zion to Bryce