Utah, mostly known for prime skiing resorts, is quickly emerging as a world class mountain biking destination. Fat tire enthusiasts will want to grab Mountain Bike! Southern Utah to find the most scenic and challenging rides around.Mountain Bike! Southern Utah covers four distinct regions -- Castle Country, Canyonlands, Panoramaland, and Color Country -- and includes such areas as Moab (the mecca of mountain biking), the little-visited San Rafael Swell, the rugged Fish Lake Plateau (750 square miles of volcanic upland), the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The natural geography of the state yields some of the best and most diverse mountain biking in the country, ranging from red slickrock to scrub-covered desert to aspen-filled plateaus. But you'll barely have time to notice as you speed down some of the most stupendous fat-tire trails imaginable. Mountain Bike! Southern Utah is your two-wheel guide to all the invigorating scenery of Utah's vast panoramic deserts and spectacular red rock vistas.

Detailed descriptions and maps of forty of the best bicycle rides in Utah, from easy afternoon jaunts to multi-day tours.

The author explains how her love for the outdoors--and her journeys to natural landscapes in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Alaska--became her only source of redemption after suffering sexual abuse from her stepfather for more than six years.

Utah Trails Southwest region guides travelers along spectacular backroads and four-wheel drive trails.

CLICK HERE to download the first chapter from Cycling the Great Divide, 2nd Edition * Mountain bikers from around the world test their mettle on this 2,745-mile route each year * Ultra cycling, including this route through the Rockies, are increasing in popularity * 245 miles have been added to the route since the first edition was published and are now covered in this new update Mostly dirt roads, a little pavement, some single track, and 100% adventure await on the great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Canada to Mexico. Cyclists dream of and plan for this life-list trip that starts in Banff, Alberta and rolls through 2,745 miles of wild mountainous beauty all the way to antelope Wells, New Mexico. Michael McCoy and the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA) provide a segmented route guide for you to follow in its entirety or section ride to suit your schedule and stamina. This fully updated edition provides the information you need to stay on route and find food, water, bike supplies, and shelter (camp or stay in small-town accommodations) over the entire adventure. Updated content in the 2nd edition includes info on the 254 miles in Canada that were recently added to the route (with maps and photos), as well as changes and additions to the evolving trail, new resources to access on your trip, and new and revised maps.

This guide features 37 major hikes designed to satisfy any canyoneer from novice to expert, including 20 in the new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

America’s national parks are breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why more than 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now Terry Tempest Williams, the author of the environmental classic Refuge and the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary celebration of our national parks, an exploration of what they mean to us and what we mean to them. From the Grand Tetons in Wyoming to Acadia in Maine to Big Bend in Texas and more, Williams creates a series of lyrical portraits that illuminate the unique grandeur of each place while delving into what it means to shape a landscape with its own evolutionary history into something of our own making. Part memoir, part natural history, and part social critique, The Hour of Land is a meditation and a manifesto on why wild lands matter to the soul of America.