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Articles by Louis Arevalo
Guest Editorial: From MOFO rider to 'Tread Setters' filmmaker
Growing up in the Salt Lake Valley, I was always drawn to the rugged beauty of the Wasatch Range. If I wasn’t getting outside regularly, my life felt unsteady. In February 2020, while backcountry skiing in the southern Wasatch, I was involved in a horrific ski accident that nearly ended my life. I sustained numerous injuries, the most profound being a complete spinal cord injury between the T4 and T5 vertebrae, paralyzing me from the mid-chest down. In an instant, my physical identity was shattered.
2024 Wilderness Recreation Site Monitoring - Season Update
Save Our Canyons has significantly increased the capacity and effectiveness of our Wilderness Recreation Site Monitoring program and partnership with the Salt Lake Ranger District. Compared to last season, in 2024 we have increased our training sessions from 2 to 5. The goal here is to bring in as many individuals and teams as possible to complete our goal of monitoring 95% of all recreation sites in our Wilderness areas.
Slow Down
Mali Noyes chases her truth after a break in a two-week storm cycle in Utah’s Wasatch Range. [Photo] Louis Arevalo On February 19, my friend Erme Catino and I met up for a trip to Mapleton, Utah, to ski and photograph Spanish Fork Peak. Some years past, there’d been a fire on the mountain above town, leaving a ghost forest that transitioned from oak to large spruce, sweeping to an alpine environment near the summit. Starting in the mud, we shouldered our skis until there was enough snow to skin.
Climber kills himself after girlfriend's avalanche death
In this undated photo provided by Louis Arevalo, Inge Perkins poses for a photo. Gallatin County sheriff's officials say Perkins was skiing with her boyfriend Hayden Kennedy on Imp Peak on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, when they triggered an avalanche in a steep, narrow gulley. Perkins, was buried by the 150-foot-wide slide. Kennedy, who was partially buried, pulled himself free and hiked out for help after he couldn't find his girlfriend.
Climber kills himself after girlfriend's avalanche death
In this undated photo provided by Louis Arevalo, Inge Perkins puts on her shoes before casting off on Cowboy King in Wild Iris, Wyo. Gallatin County sheriff's officials say Perkins was skiing with her boyfriend Hayden Kennedy on Imp Peak on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, when they triggered an avalanche in a steep, narrow gulley. Perkins, was buried by the 150-foot-wide slide. Kennedy, who was partially buried, pulled himself free and hiked out for help after he couldn't find his girlfriend.
Climber kills himself after girlfriend's avalanche death
In this undated photo provided by Louis Arevalo, Inge Perkins runs on the Tripple Tree Trail in Bozeman, Mont. Gallatin County sheriff's officials say Perkins was skiing with her boyfriend Hayden Kennedy on Imp Peak on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, when they triggered an avalanche in a steep, narrow gulley. Perkins, was buried by the 150-foot-wide slide. Kennedy, who was partially buried, pulled himself free and hiked out for help after he couldn't find his girlfriend. (Louis Arevalo via AP)
Climber kills himself after girlfriend's avalanche death
In this undated photo provided by Louis Arevalo, Inge Perkins climbs Cowboy King (5.13c) in Wild Iris, Wyo. Gallatin County sheriff's officials say Perkins was skiing with her boyfriend Hayden Kennedy on Imp Peak on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, when they triggered an avalanche in a steep, narrow gulley. Perkins, was buried by the 150-foot-wide slide. Kennedy, who was partially buried, pulled himself free and hiked out for help after he couldn't find his girlfriend. (Louis Arevalo via AP)
Truth: Stacy Bare
Stacy Bare spent four years as a military intelligence officer and counterterrorism team chief in Bosnia. He cleared land mines in Angola and Abkhazia in 2004–05 and then was recalled a few years later for a year in Iraq as a team leader in civil affairs. But after living through all that, it was the coming-home part he almost didn’t survive—Bare suffered from acute and nearly fatal post-traumatic stress. Then he discovered skiing and climbing, and with them, freedom.
The Anti Ski-Town: Why Ouray, Colorado should be considered a skier's paradise
For more than 15 winters I’ve traveled to Ouray, Colorado, nestled in the state’s southwestern corner, where I’ve shivered at belays in the world-class, frozen waterfalls of the Ouray Ice Park.
Category: Hiking
Under the Rim and Dreaming It’s sort of a rite of passage kind of thing; ski season ends and everyone starts to get that itch to go the desert. I get that same itch. Unfortunately, I tend to get it before the parts of the desert that I like to visit are actually warm enough to enjoy. Nonetheless, I […] Archives, Features, Hiking, Spring 2016 | By Michelle Mulder | 05/18/16 | 1 Comment Super Moon of the Grand Canyon “Where do you think the moon will rise?” I asked.
A Rainbow in the Badlands: Cedar Breaks National Monument
Hidden within the mountains above Cedar City is the brilliant geology and vibrant environment of Cedar Breaks National Monument. The geologic amphitheater and surrounding environs are home to hiking trails, ancient trees, high elevation camping, and over-the-top views along the “Circle of Painted Cliffs”. Cedar Breaks’ majestic amphitheater is a three-mile long cirque made up of eroding limestone, shale, and sandstone.
Category: Spring 2014
What is ONE Wasatch? Wasatch Talk By Louis Arevalo “Ski resort GM’s line up to back ‘One Wasatch” was the headline of the Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday March19, 2014. The article referred to it as an historical event.
Early Spring 2014
Our Favorite Things for 2014- The UAJ 99 Burr Trail Grill and Outpost Boulder is sometimes referred to as an “end of the road town.” That can’t be true as long as it has the Burr Trail Grill and Outpost going for it.
Category: Fall 2013
Zironman- Zion National Park’s Unlikely Triathlon This past Memorial Day weekend, while most of us were grilling brats and drinking our favorite beverages, Buzz Burrell, Jared Campbell, and Ryan McDermott were engaged in the quirkiest ‘triathlon’ you’ll probably never hear of again. In a nonstop push, the trio traversed Zion National Park from its west to east.
Category: Spring 2013
Les Voyageurs San Trace-The DeColmont-DeSeyne Kayak Party of 1938. It was about two weeks into what was supposed to be a month-long trip that I realized there was no way I was going to be able to keep up with the film crew. They were all less than half my age, in their late 20s, and I was a couple of weeks away […] Archives, Features, Spring 2013 | By Roy Webb | 07/16/13 | 5 Comments A Mid-Summer Dream The Lisa Cottonwood Traverse Ten minutes after leaving the trailhead we start climbing.
Category: Fall 2012
Super Moon of the Grand Canyon “Where do you think the moon will rise?” I asked. Seated on a boulder made of scarlet sandstone, above the Esplanade Trail, on the southern border of the Kanab Creek Wilderness, Rachel pointed to a spot on the southeast horizon.
Category: Summer 2012
Threadbare I never apologized to my dad before he passed away in August 1997. To say we didn’t get along during my teenage years would be putting it lightly. Before our troubles began, I recall working together on a project. Clumsily, I positioned a nut at the end of a bolt and started torqueing it […] Archives, Summer 2012 | By Louis Arevalo | 07/10/12 | No Comments A Chain Reaction- The Momentum of Artisan Bike Builders You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a bike.
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