Planning to hit your favorite trails on the snowmobile this weekend? Us too! After all, Utah is home to some of the best snow on earth, and it’s the perfect place to enjoy some outdoor fun. This is by no means an all-inclusive list, but covers the essentials for snowmobile safety. 1. Check avalanche conditions […]
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Alert OHV Trail Host Discovers Abandoned Snowmobile
AMERICAN FORK CANYON — OHV Trail Hosts constantly keep their eyes open for opportunities to help. They are diligent and dedicated to ensuring Utah’s OHV recreation areas are a safe and fun place for everyone to enjoy. Recently, that diligence paid off big time when one trail host discovered an abandoned snowmobile in a ditch. […]
Volunteers ‘Guard’ Riders, Cattle in Recent Project
FERRON — A Utah ATV club recently teamed up governmental partners to help install a Cattle Guard in a popular OHV recreation area. The Sand Rock Ridge Riders ATV Club teamed up with former OHV Program Intern Patrick Buhr and BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Myron Jeffs from the Price BLM Field Office. The group installed […]
OHV Volunteer Spotlight – Meet Staff Sgt. Jon Rector
BOOTS-ON-THE-GROUND, UT — While many Utahns were born and raised around the great outdoors – there are others who move to Utah and find this beauty later on in life. Does this impact the appreciation these newcomers have for these lands? To people like Staff Sergeant Jonathan Rector, the answer is a resounding “No!” Sgt. […]
OHV Program Seeking New Advisory Council Member
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation is currently seeking a representative to serve on the Utah OHV Advisory Council. An at-large representative is needed who will focus on current public land access issues along with upcoming revisions of travel management plans with our federal partners. Applications will be accepted through Friday, May 4, […]
Win $250 For Your Next Group Trail Project Through ExtremeTerrain
Here at Utah State Parks, we love the outdoors and are committed to spreading awareness about keeping our trails clean and leaving no trace. We often post about committed volunteers who donate their time and energy to cleaning up recreation areas across Utah. From building kiosks and installing fences, all the way to patrolling trails and […]
Moab Friends for Wheelin’ ‘Crawls’ Into 2018 With Trail Project
MOAB — Whoever said the government and private citizens couldn’t work together never met the Moab Friends for Wheelin’ or the Moab BLM Field Office. Both groups met at the Moab Rim, a popular multi-use trail. The volunteer work they did throughout that day would benefit the thousands of OHV enthusiasts, mountain bikers, and hikers who […]
OHV Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Bill Lahey
ANYWHERE WITH SNOW, UT — Some people can’t get enough of the outdoors and spend much of their life exploring the hills, forests, and mountains. Then there are those who do all of those things but also work to make them better for everyone. Bill Lahey is one of those people. Born and raised in […]
Volunteers Brave Wind, Rain For Temple Fork Trail Work
WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST — While National Public Lands Day has since passed us by, we are still getting word of some amazing volunteer projects that were completed. One such project took place up in Logan Canyon at the Temple Fork Trailhead. Here, volunteers from multiple organizations braved the wet and rainy weather to show their […]
Winter Is Coming: Snowmobile Volunteers Construct New Fence In Heber Valley
LAKE CREEK TRAILHEAD — Winter is coming. You know it, and we know it. Which means wintertime fun is right around the corner. But before the snow has even hit some volunteers are heading up the mountain to prep trails and trailheads for the coming season. On a recent weekend, one group of OHV volunteers met […]