Date: August 15, 2008 Location: Flying Dog, Jeremy Ranch, Park City, UT Trail Type: Smoooth Single Track Featuring: Me (Jake Kirshner), Mike Saltsman
One of my favorite mountain bike trails to ride in SLC while pass the time between the end of ski season (July) and the beginning of ski season (September) is the 10 mile loop known as Flying Dog in Jeremy Ranch off I-80 on the way to Park City.
It is a nice popular mtb trail that has buff single track and an awesome flowy downhill section that can take up to a half hour to completely finish. Not bad for only having an hour or two worth of climbing.
Last month a friend and I decided to do a loop around FD. Enjoy the photos!
The SLCVB (Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau) is so very excited to welcome MPI (Meeting Professionals International for those of you who like myself are acronym challenged) to Salt Lake in 2009.
A couple of weeks ago a number of people from Salt Lake were in Vegas at this year’s MPI annual convention to give a prelude of what MPI can expect in 2009.
Hunter Holcombe, managing editor of SmartMeetings.com caught up with Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Scott Beck in Vegas to get the inside scoop on MPI coming to Salt Lake. more
When I first heard the name “ACME Burger Company” I thought it was a joke. Then I honed in on their tagline of “Anything but common” and new it was something I needed to check out. Time passed and for one reason or another I didn’t make it over there…until now.
But burgers and fries? How could a restaurant pull this type of menu off? I mean, what’s more common than burgers and fries here in the United States? And while I’ve got my personal list of favorites when it comes to burgers joints, I’m always interested in checking out the new and different.
Located in the heart of downtown Salt Lake’s “dining district” (2nd west, 3rd south) ACME is hard to miss. Big, blue and…different. Parking is made easier with their own lot but if you’re staying downtown it’s an easy walk from just about anywhere. more
Recipe for lame crashes:
(1) parts: first biking of the season
(1) parts: first time in clipless pedals
(1) parts: narrow areas between bridges and storage bins
Footage for next week’s video is already being compiled so that should be up within a much quicker time frame than this week’s episode.
Advertised as “America’s Toughest Stage Race”, it will attract top pro cyclists from around the country and even the world.
It’s a 336 mile, 5-day race which takes cyclists up over 30,000 feet during the various stages - all within 100 mile radius of Salt Lake City. Whether you’re visiting Salt Lake or a seasoned local, this event is not to be missed and will be unlike any other event in the area, perhaps in the country.
Cyclists will compete for a $75,000 purse including a brand new automobile - surely enough to inspire intense competition.
If you’re into cycling, the skinny tire shaved legs kind of cycling, there are a number of events that happen each summer in the Salt Lake area.
Since we live at the base of such beautiful and steep mountains, most of the races include in some form or fashion a climb into the Wasatch. If you’re into flat land racing, not to worry as weekly criterium races in the Salt Lake Valley are available as well.
Here is a quick rundown of a few of the remaining cycling races in and around Salt Lake that you won’t want to miss. more
Is downtown Salt Lake more alive than it was 6 years ago? According to Toasters owner Mubera it is.
“Six years ago when we opened Toasters I could count the people walking by on any given day. While it’s not like New York, there are certainly more people walking in downtown Salt Lake these days. It’s more alive.”
When walking downtown opportunities to discover shops, eats and other businesses that add to the flavor of Salt Lake are plentiful. One location I recently discovered is Toasters.
Toasters is a great little sandwich shop on 2nd South across from the Salt Lake Convention Center. A favorite of the Visitors Center staffers, it’s also a big hit with convention attendees, in particilar the Outdoor Retailer Show. And the feeling is mutual. more
