Tag: Greta Hyland
Hiking Southern Utah: Paradise Canyon, the “Central Park” of St. George
There is so much to explore and do outside in southern Utah that sometimes we forget the gems right in our own backyard.
Hiking Southern Utah: Chinle Trail in Zion’s West Desert Backcountry
The Chinle Trail, located outside of the main tourist areas of Zion Nation Park, is one of those great backcountry winter hikes.
Hiking Southern Utah: Wire Pass Narrows
The Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area is most famous for The Wave, a rock formation that requires a much sought-after permit to see. It is an envied notch in the belt so to speak, but if you only focus on The Wave, you can miss out on the rest of the spectacular landscape.
Hiking Southern Utah: Hiking Lady Mountain with Bo Beck
t was still dark as a caravan of us sped toward Zion National Park. With the approach of dawn on a clear spring morning, the plateaus and bluffs were just large shadows against the night sky as it turned cobalt blue.
Hiking Southern Utah: Northgate Peaks Trail
The Northgate Peaks Trail is one of my favorite hikes to do in the spring because of the wildflowers growing in the meadow, but it is a nice hike most of the year.
The Women’s March: You know what they say about opinions
It is interesting to listen to a man explain away the Women’s March as “a hissy fit of epic proportions.” I can only imagine...
Between uncertainty and fragility: The imperiled Antiquities Act
U.S. Congressman John F. Lacey said in 1901, “The immensity of man’s power to destroy imposes a responsibility to preserve.” This was the prelude...