Life in the Wasatch?
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Hi All, |
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good stuff, great climbing near the city, granite, limestone, quartzite. Its not a bad place to live if you like climbing, its a great hub.....desert, tetons, city of rocks, maple canyon, st george, zion, red rocks, etc all within an easy drive |
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Any mountain activity. Lots of mountain biking, road biking. At Point of the Mountain there is a flight park for paragliding; it's a fantastic way to spend an evening after work in the summer and watch. Fishing on the Provo River is a popular thing. You can kayak/boat/swim in Utah lake, Great Salt Lake (smells), Jordanelle Reservoir on the Park City side, and other reservoirs. There's public hunting (if you hunt). Technically I'm not sure about the x-country skiing close to the city, but I don't think there is outside of the resorts. There is Soldier Hollow on the Park City side which has a big area for x-country skiing. Utah has a yurt system which would be fun. |
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Worst air quality in the US. Not joking. |
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Spri wrote:Worst air quality in the US. Not joking. Lots of rock nearby.A little misleading.... Its the worst a quality for 2 or 3 weeks of the year generally. |
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there are some smaller WW rivers like the Weber or Ogden, not that big but fun none the less. not sure about immediately around SLC for WW but Ogdens less than an hour from the city and both rivers have play parks on them. you can also go north for rivers like the snake for fairly reasonable drives as far as western water chasing goes. |
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Chris, |
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Not that misleading, the air can be consistently lousy most of the winter depending on weather patterns. Recreation is great though. As mentioned its a central location for recreational travel/pursuits in the west. X-country skiing is good , but generally not much closer than the resorts (30+ minutes). I moved here for a year, 14yrs ago. Lots of good things balanced with the bad air, and a few unique cultural differences ( not really even an issue). |
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Keep in mind just how close the ski resorts are to the city too - 20-30 minutes depending on which part of the city you are in. The backcountry skiing in the Wasatch is about as good as it gets, and some of the trailheads are just a few minutes out of town. |
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everything is within a half hour of down town! |
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Chris, |
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lets compare it to where you are from which is ..... |
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Southern Utah has the highest concentration of quality slot canyons in the country (world?) Canyoneering gets looked down on by some climbers but I think it's a worthy pursuit in its own right. PM me know if you come out here and we'll get you down some slots! |
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As was mentioned, Kayaking in northern Utah is not as good as Colorado, but one hour away, you have 2-4 class low volume white water on the Provo and Ogden rivers. If your balsy, you can catch Big and Little Cottonwood creeks at Spring runnof. These creeks are 20 minutes from the Salt Lake Valley. |
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Good x-country skiing info. can be found here: utahnordic.com/skiing |
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A weekend paddling Cottonwood Creek and bouldering at Joe's Valley is hard to beat - each on its own is worth the drive from SLC. If you watch the floes closely and can take off with short notice, paddling can be had from late spring to surprisingly late in the summer. There are other fun creeks in the area that, when they flow, are also worthy adventures. Not much needs to be said about the bouldering in and around Joe's valley. |
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Padding near SLC? All depends on where you are coming from. If you are coming from California, Oregon, or Washington you will be really disappointed and probably give up the sport (or spend you time driving to California!). The rivers of the inter-mountain west pale in comparison to those of the far west - Western Idaho and the classic desert canyons excluded. |
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Air Quality is the worst in the nation. & in Jan. there were 22 days or red air quality. Other than then its a city surrounded by the mountains. you got the perks of being in a city and the mountains within 30 minutes to go play in. And everything else is a weekend trip away. Know that it is a city. |
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Hi All, |
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Winter air quality is an on-and-off issue and a bit of a bummer to be sure. When inversions set in you do have blue-bird days in the mountains, so relief is close at hand. Some choose to live above the inversion in Park City, Summit Park, upper Emigration, etc. where you can commute to town, so that would be an option you might be interested in if you can swing it. Some of those folks can ski out the door as well. Downside to those locations is a bit further drive to the cottonwood cragging. |
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Trever W. wrote:I could not, in good conscience, raise a family in SLC valley.BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. So many unethical, unloving, irresponsible parents here in SLC. Shame on us! |