Salt Lake City Travel Blog

The Wasatch Region would already be beer-endowed if it had just the three breweries listed in my most recent post. But its line-up includes more than double that number. Adding to the list are Desert Edge, Uinta Brewing Company, Epic Brewing Company, and Wasatch Brewery. Wasatch Brewery White Label...

Cold Beer in Summer (Image by indi.ca, www.flickr.com) Many people might think the title of this post is an oxymoron -Breweries in Utah? But, yes they do exist. And they’re pretty good! In fact, many have won national awards and all brew full-strength beers (in addition to the expected 3.2% variety)....

Red Butte Garden Concert Series (Image courtesy mateoutah, www.flickr.com) If you’re just itching to get outside, but don’t want to wait for the free Twilight Concert Series, consider checking out the city’s other, absolutely amazing summer outdoor music tradition, the Red Butte Garden Concert...

Nearing the Summit of Black Mountain (image courtesy www.wahsatchsteeplechase.com) Beginning right in Salt Lake City’s Memory Grove Park, the Wahsatch Steeplechase serves as one of the opening events for a long season of Wasatch Mountain trail running. This year’s race starts at 6:00 am on June...

Living Traditions Festival (Image courtesy jerekeys, www.flickr.com). Mark your calendars for May 20th, 21st, and 22nd; these are the dates of the 26th annual Living Traditions Festival -Salt Lake City’s multicultural kickoff to summer.  This festival, held at Salt Lake City & County Building’s...

Spring Runoff (Image Courtesy Robert Scoble, www.flickr.com) Anyone who lived in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s remembers the spring floods of ‘83. The winter preceding that spring had been particularly rich with snow. Early spring was long and wet, and was followed by a sudden warming spell. On...

Squatter's IPA (Image courtesy wickenden, www.flickr.com.) Every year at the Great American Beer Festival, hundreds of breweries from around the country are judged on a number of criteria and awarded prizes. Though many people wouldn’t guess it (especially those not from Utah), its breweries...

Wasatch Mountains, Ready to Drain the Snow. Image courtesy vxla, www.flicrk.com. Anybody who’s been in Utah this spring would notice that it’s been wet. Neverending, dreary rain and snow in the valleys. And obviously much-higher-than-average snowfall in the mountains -more than 670 inches to date...

Liberty Park Ponds image by Argyleist (www.flickr.com) Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon to hear about oil spills in the ocean -but it definitely was strange to learn about one happening in Salt Lake City in June of last year. Most people know about the Red Butte portion of town because of the Red...

Image Courtesy of Global Jet (www.flickr.com). It’s time to bust out the bike. Pump up the tires, tune the shifters, lube the chain, find your chamois, and dress up like a race car. If you haven’t started riding already, you’d better start -because there’s now just one month until...