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Just before 2:00 PM today, the first heartbreaking reports shot across the social media realm, compounded, no doubt, by the fact that much of the skiing community is currently in Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show. Sarah Burke died this morning from the injuries she sustained in a halfpipe training accident on January 10 at Park City Mountain Resort.
All of us at Skiing Magazine are stunned and deeply saddened by the passing of this freeskiing icon and Olympic hopeful. Her imprint on the sport won’t fade anytime soon. Our thoughts go out to Sarah’s family. A pioneer of women’s freeskiing, Sarah inspired countless people both on and off the slopes and will no doubt continue to do so for years to come. #BeliveinSarah #WewillmissyouSarah #ThankyouSarah
For more information on the story visit the Deseret News.
A fund has been set up in her memory. For those that would like to contribute visit giveforward.com/sarahburke.
The Wood River Bicycle Coalition is seeking public comment on a proposed project for which we are seeking grant support from the State of Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR). Each year the State of Idaho provides trail project funding opportunities through a grant application process. These State funds are raised through the sale of a variety of boating, recreation, and off-road vehicle stickers. Agencies applying for IDPR grants are required to provide matching funds or in-kind contributions. The Wood River Bicycle Coalition would appreciate your comments or feedback on the grant proposal listed below. To be most helpful, comments should be submitted by January 23, 2012.
The Wood River Bicycle Coalition seeks Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant support for the purchase of specialized single track construction equipment (an ST240 from Single Track LLC http://singletracktools.com) including an enclosed trailer. This equipment will be available for use on both motorized and non-motorized trails...
BOISE - Kellen Moore threw three touchdowns in the final home game of his brilliant career and Doug Martin ran for two more as No. 9 Boise State rolled over New Mexico 45-0 Saturday.
Moore, the winningest starting quarterback in college football history, was nearly flawless and the Broncos' defense had no problem bottling up the punchless Lobos.
The victory gives the Broncos (11-1, 6-1) their second straight season with a single loss and looks to clear the way for another trip to the MAACO Bowl in Las Vegas, where they dismantled No. 20 Utah a year ago 26-3.
Boise State's only loss came Nov. 12 against TCU.
But Saturday was clearly a landmark day for Moore.
In his final regular season game at Bronco Stadium, the lefty was 28 of 33 for 313 yards. As usual he spread the ball around, hitting 10 different receivers, and flawlessly ran Boise State's no-huddle offense through the first three quarters.
His three touchdown passes in the game gave him 41 on the season, breaking his own previous record of 39 set...
August flew by faster than ever and here we are at the end of September. Between Leadville, the Vegas Ride, Interbike, Moab, and now recovering at home, I feel as if I could write a novel to catch up, which I will, but this is a start.
I raced the Baldy Hill Climb over the weekend. This local event has been around for 25 years and is a fundraiser for SVSEF, the ski foundation here. It’s usually one big, fast hike straight up the ski hill from bottom to top (3300 ft). A few years ago, they added a bike portion of the event as well, so you could ride all the way to the top. Then they added the double where you could do the ride, take a chairlift down, then join the rest of the racers for the hike. There are just a handful of people who do the back to back double hill climbs. Of course, I’m one of them. I’ve missed the race the last couple of years. This year, I did the double again and admittedly, have not been training with the usual focus and intensity. ...
Speciailzed Right to Play Ride to Vegas
I spent the afternoon at the Specialized offices in SLC getting a grand tour, getting a brand new Amira sized up for the trip and meeting all of the other riders I’ll be spending the next 6 days with in the saddle.
We are a group of media, dealers, Specialized staff and friends riding from SLC to Interbike Las Vegas. We are riding in recognition of Specialized newly formed relationship with Right to Play that provides sport and play opportunities and equipment to kids all over the world. This initiative meshes perfectly with the Specialized First Gear program aimed at getting more kids on bikes. We kicked off the afternoon by giving out 15 brand new bikes to kids and teaching them how to ride. Picabo Street is an athlete ambassador for Right to Play and was also on hand to meet the kids and inspire them. I was pretty inspired too by meeting Picabo and by seeing all the huge smiles on the kids’ faces as they ripped around on their new bikes.
It’...
At least, that's the way many residents in Western Utah's Snake Valley perceive a water agreement the state inked with Nevada. In that deal, Nevada received rights to the majority of available groundwater in the 100-mile long Snake Valleythe last remaining piece in a Las Vegas water buy-up by Southern Nevada Water Authority general manager Patricia Mulroy.
But when the snow melts and the lifts start cranking for the summer, Colorado dominates the biking scene. Colorado ski resorts like Winter Park and Keystone make up a who's who of top biking parks in the U.S., and Utah resorts don't have a thing to say about it.
Over the past few years, public entities, nonprofits and dedicated volunteers in Utah have been stepping into the void left by resorts. Public-sponsored parks have sprouted up in places like Park City and Eagle Mountain, and the grassroots approach has become the default of how freeriding gets done in the Beehive State.
The latest park to join the ranks is the Ogden Freeride Park, which celebrates its first full season this year. Hot on the heels of a controversial forest-service shutdown of an unauthorized freeride...
Glass and parks were the buzz words this morning in Boise Mayor Dave Bieter's annual State of the City address.
Acknowledging that the recession has "individuals and families still struggling," Bieter said the city has eliminated more than 40 full-time positions, saving $5.4 million a year.…
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As of today, all trails in the south valley are open, including:
Toe of the Hill
Carbonate
Vorzberg
Croy Creek Trail – Thanks to Todd Byle for beginning work on the second phase of this project!
Lambs Gulch
Two Dog
Bull Dog
Wilson Gulch
Bullion Connector
Hidden Valley – There are one or more trees down that should be cleared today (Tuesday).
Huge “thanks” to Cameron Lloyd for shoveling quite a bit of snow on the upper section of Bull Dog. We were able to get out this morning and shovel the remaining 4-5 patches of snow. That being said, the trail is still a bit soft and fragile so the longer you can wait to get on it, the better. Despite the (poor) judgment of an unknown, self-appointed, trail steward who was out on the trail first thing this morning and who moved a closed sign; the trail was NOT ready to open until the last patches of snow were shoveled. Just because you can physically get around the snow by going on the outslope portion of the tread (and damaging it), that does not mean that...
The reason it's important to know where Farmington is relative to Colorado, Arizona, Utah and the rest of New Mexico isn't because you're likely to take a road trip there. It's a very poor town, with a serious meth problem (although there's hidden, world-class mountain biking that Durangans have long sampled). No, what matters about Farmington is that it's home to the Four Corners Power Plant, which burns coal, and emissions from that plant foul the air in a 300-mile circle as far north as Aspen, Colorado, as far west as the Grand Canyon, well into Utah (beyond Moab) and deep into the breadth of New Mexico itself. According to the EPA, this circle encompasses eight national parks and eight more national wildlife/recreation areas that millions...
The first is a climate study by the Bureau of Reclamation (a.k.a., the biggest water resource manager in the U.S.). While the report covers the hydrology of all the of major rivers of the West, the most stressed zone now and in the future will be the upper and lower Colorado River basins, which encompass the spine of the Rockies from western Wyoming through western Colorado, eastern Utah, and nearly the entirety of Arizona. That's a lot of territory, and within it, you'll find many of the places hikers, climbers, mountain bikers, cavers, paddlers and fisher...
I’m in Phoenix, AZ doing a bit of riding and catching up with friends before the Whiskey 50 this weekend. I went from highs of 40 degrees in Ketchum to 90′s in Phoenix. I’m considering this my pre-heat training week before heading to Morocco for the Titan Desert Stage Race next week. The temps there are rumored to be around 110 in Morocco.
I’ve had the pleasure of catching up with my good friends Donna and Charles. Charles has crewed for all of my 24 Hour World Championship races and I’ve known them both since my days of living in Chicago in the 1990′s. Charles has been nice enough to escort me around some of the best single track in the Phoenix area. Over the last couple of days, he’s been able to accommodate my specific training plan and show me two new places to ride. Day 1, the prescribed workout was “3 hrs with lots of sub threshold climbing.” Charles took me over to the McDowell Mountains and put together a ride around Lost Dog and over Wingate...
The Cloud Foundation, which advocates for preserving wild horses on public lands, posted a YouTube video on April 4 showing the animals standing in what appeared to be deep mud and manure. The group called for a probe into conditions at all Bureau of Land Management holding facilities.
Investigators from the Bureau of Land Management and Humane Society of Utah told the Tribune they found no evidence of abuse or neglect at the facility, though they noted the holding pens were muddier than usual due to recent snowfall.
Idaho freshman Congressman Raul Labrador voted "no" overnight in a losing effort to stop a $38 billion compromise to keep the U.S. government running. The final House vote was 348-70 in favor of the measure.…
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Twin Falls and Burley are
once again home to some of the highest fuel prices in Idaho,
despite the city's proximity to a delivery pipeline out of
refineries in Salt Lake City, according to AAA Idaho.
They had just heard the news: The Salt Lake City jury found the climate activist guilty on two counts after he admittedly sought to disrupt a controversial oil and gas auction by posing as a bidder.
Many before me have gone to jail for justice, he told the crowd, and if we are going to achieve our vision, many after me will have to join me as well.
I will, someone in the crowd shouted.
It's still not known how long DeChristopher will spend in jail. The charges carry a 10-year maximum. His sentencing is set for June 23. But while DeChristopher sits behind bars, he imagines a movement of civil disobedience rising, made of citizen activists like him willing to risk jail time.
Well, we're a little stuck in between winter and spring right now, but with temperatures reaching into the mid-50s, the weather is suitable to do a little exploring in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area by Swan Falls.
This week I'm recommending going hiking, biking or running from Swan Falls Dam to Wees Bar, where one can view a variety of cool Native American petroglyphs, on the south side of the Snake River. It's 12.2 miles to Wees Bar from the dam round-trip. The biking trip is detailed in my guide, Mountain Biking Idaho, and the hiking and trail-running trips are detailed in my book, the Boise Trail Guide: 75 Hiking and Running Routes Close to Home.
It's not clear how wet it's going to be this weekend, so the trails to Wees Bar may be relatively...
The Idaho House is considering a measure that would allow school districts to make money from advertisements on school buses.
If the bill passes the Legislature and is signed by the governor, the state Board of Education will be asked to create rules governing the ads. The bill prohibits political campaign ads and stipulates that the [...]
MERIDIAN -- While so much of the talk at the Idaho Capitol is focused on ways to cut spending, at least one school district is thinking of how to make money. Their idea is to sell advertisements on school buses. And if the bill passes, every district in Idaho would have the same opportunity.
The largest school district in the state, the Meridian School District, approached lawmakers with the proposal because, like so many other districts, they've seen their budgets cut.
"There is a lot of talk about what to reduce and we just started brainstorming about how could we create revenue," said Eric Exline, spokesman for Meridian School District.
Exline says Meridian operates about 280 buses that drive a combined three million miles every year. He says that's enough road and buses to generate up to $1 million a year.
"That's one-tenth of our transportation budget, for example," said Exline. "This year we actually had to trim about a million dollars out of our transportation budget by...
John K. Olson has become a partner at law firm Hawley Troxell. A member of the Litigation Practice Area, Olson has practiced law at Hawley Troxell for over six years and is the 32nd partner of the firm. He assists clients in litigating and resolving civil and commercial disputes, primarily in the areas of employment law [...]
About 250 parents, students and teachers gathered at Twin Falls
City Park to speak out against Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tom Luna's proposed "Students Come First" educational refo
The Idaho Education Association will hold rallies today in Twin
Falls, Hailey and other major cities in Idaho to "stand in support
of public schools and public employees," event organizers s
An inmate at the Twin Falls County jail died early Tuesday
morning, according to the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office.
HEYBURN — The Heyburn City Council will take a little more time
to decide whether to allow a proposed 21st Street commercial
development to move forward.
When a student at your Idaho high school is admitted to Stanford University, you tend to hear about it. Stanford, near San Francisco, attracts top scholars from around the world, and it’s a prized destination for the highest achieving Idahoans.
So I was a little disturbed to hear last week in public comment that high school [...]
As a chef, I get to cook some really cool stuff. Case in point, this past weekend while I was camping, I got to cook buffalo.…
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What a wild weekend, from Ketchum to Salt Lake, and then down to San Diego and back! I had a great time this past week visiting friends and sponsors at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake. Twice a year, everyone in the sports world seems to congregate at these events, which makes catching up and saying hello very easy. We just bring all our friends to the same place! From popping champagne at the Suunto booth for their anniversary party to watching rock climbing contests, one of personal favorite sports by the way, it was a blast. It’s also always refreshing to pop over to the Smith Optics booth, where all my friends from Ketchum are working. It’s like having a little refuge from the crowds in your safety booth! I am already looking forward to the event in the summer, where all the new gear is different, and there are even cycling demos.
After OR, I met Greg at the airport and jetted down to San Diego where I was being presented with the Singletrack.com‘s Biker of the Year award. It was a evening gala that...
BOISE -- On Capitol Hill Wednesday, Republicans moved forward on a campaign promise to repeal health care reform.
The U.S. House, Republicans approved a bill, by a vote of 245 to 189, that gets them one step closer to doing just that. Also, three Democrats voted for the repeal.
No Republicans voted against it, including Idaho's two congressmen.
Congressmen Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador actually co-sponsored the bill to repeal the health care plan
They are both critical of it yet say there are some provisions they support.
Idaho Congressmen Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador say Republicans made a promise to repeal the health care bill.
Wednesday's vote marked the first step.
"If you remember what the democrats said when they passed this bill, was it was going to reduce the cost of health care, and it hasn't done that. There is nothing in the bill that's going to reduce the cost of health care," said Congressman Raul Labrador.
Simpson and Labrador admit the entire bill isn't bad-- just parts of it, namely the mandate that...
The microscopic domain of certain highly useful microbes is well known by Jack Adams, a metallurgical engineering research professor at the University of Utah and president of start-up company Inotec. Along with company co-founder Mike Peoples, a doctoral student in environmental engineering, he has refined a method for cleaning contaminated mining wastewater that uses microbes and a steady stream of electrons.
It's called an electrobiochemical reactor (or EBR) and Adams says it can save the mining industry a lot of money. It can also make clean drinking water cheaply available for those living in impoverished parts of the globe, Peoples says.
We're working with NGOs from...
RUPERT — With two members attending via conference call, the
Rupert City Council Tuesday granted a variance for a business
that’s changing hands.
The Twin Falls Fire Department quelled a fire after it gutted a
garage at 203 Ninth Ave. E. early Wednesday morning.
Wada will replace Park City, Utah, resident Annette Herman Harder on the seven-member board.
Wada, of Pingree, began farming in 1970 on 400 acres of farmland. Over the years, the operation grew to [...]
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As a recreational pastime became an option for post-Vietnam escape, the very mystique of the free-spirited, ruggedly individualistic, dropout skier fueled the extractive growth of ski areas. Pitiably depressed mining towns became publicly traded entertainment resorts. In those exploited places, Evans observes, the ski bum became an endangered, if not terminal, species.
Evan's sketches and interviews of former ski bums turned legit (or not) include representative stories from personalities in Lake Tahoe, Mammoth, Telluride, Park City and Jackson Hole. Some characters you've heard of, some you...
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