I have ridden Chicken Creek before, but I have also ridden Farmington Canyon many times. It seems like even old trails make for new adventures. The Chicken Creek trailhead is east of Levan. Everyone I have talked to seems to know about the name of this little town, but for the record, here ...
The new adult OHV certification course has been in effect for a full eight months now and the feedback from the OHV community, county officials and law enforcement has been positive. One county commissioner made the observation that people seem to be calmer on the trails. In researching ...
The subject of today’s article about hydrating in the backcountry was inspired by my good friend Phil Bostrom down in Beaver. He is a guide for the Beaver County Trails ATV Jamboree, which was held earlier this month. Our conversation led me to believe that hydration on the trail would be ...
It only took one try for Cody Jones to pop the balloon attached to a red ribbon at the new archery range at Antelope Island State Park on Wednesday morning. The professional archer from Roy, representing Wilde Arrow Archery at the event, has been shooting since he was 4 years old, so it only ...
In a continuing effort to provide information on places to ride for people new to the OHV world, I am reviewing one of my favorite trail systems in Utah. The Arapeen OHV Trail System is situated in Sanpete County, which is right in the middle of the state. That makes for a short distance ...
With the record snowpack this year and reports of deep snow at the top of Farmington Canyon, I wanted to see for myself what the trail conditions were on this second Saturday in July. I found four friends willing to join me. This was an exploratory ride, but as we climbed the trail up ...
I have a trailer, and I love a good trailer. The world has known the value of trailers for as long as we have had something with which to pull them. In the early days, it was a variety of animals. During pioneer days, even people pulled handcart wagons. When I bought my first ATV in 1993, I ...
It is one thing to write about the Arapeen Sunset UTV Ride as I did in the March 16 edition of the Standard-Examiner. It is another thing to actually do this ride. I arrived in Ephraim with my brother-in-law, Mike Timothy. We were in time to check into our motel and line up for the ride and ...
The record snowpack that denoted this past winter is quickly disappearing, but that doesn't mean the area's ski resorts are fully packing it in for the summer. In fact, several summer activities are planned across the three Ogden-area resorts along with preparations for next year's ski ...
Just 12 miles northeast of St. George near Leeds is the ghost town of Babylon. I have been here before and, to me, the two parts of its history are fascinating. There is little left of the town that was established in 1877. The purpose of its existence was the Stormont Mill that supported ...
