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Zion and Beyond: Where to Play, Eat, and Stay in Southern Utah

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By Roxanne Hoorn
| Matador Network Verified
Utah Insider Guides by Roxanne Hoorn May 26, 2026 I was 20 years old, on a cross-country road trip, when I first witnessed Utah’s otherworldly landscape. Growing up surrounded by the green forests and flat cornfields of the Midwest, my mind struggled to comprehend the terrain. I remember seeing towering red cliffs that reminded me of Mars and horizon lines defined by distant snowcapped peaks.
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In the U.P., an attempt to improve ice climbing with ‘farm equipment and caveman fire’

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By Roxanne Hoorn
| WICA-FM (Traverse City, MI) Verified
(Photo courtesy of Kona Hills) A good old-fashioned fire melts snow which then runs down the face of a rock wall at Kona Hills Campground in Marquette. The effort is meant to provide a consistent surface for climbers who come to the U.P. looking for ice, which has been less predictable in recent winters. (Photo courtesy of Kona Hills) Less predictable winters mean less predictable ice cover for climbers.
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Snow fun: Mt. Holiday's Retired Recess brings skiing and more to the 50-plus crowd

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By Roxanne Hoorn
| Traverse City Record-Eagle Verified
TRAVERSE CITY — Members of the Retired Recess group descended on the slopes of Mt. Holiday on a sunny afternoon. Though their schoolyard days are long behind them — all participants are over 50, per the terms of their group — that didn’t stop them from playing like kids. kAm“xE’D C62==J ;FDE 23@FE 86EE:?8 @FE E96C6 2?5 92G:?8 7F? — H6’C6 =:<6 2 3F?49 @7 3:8 <:5D[” D2:5 qCF46 p?56CD@?[ 2 D<: :?DECF4E@C 2?5 9:== 9@DE 2E |E] w@=:52J]k^Am kAm%96 :562 7@C #6E:C65 #646DD 3682? :? =2E6 a_ab[ H96?
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