OUTDOORS
WATER SPORTS With images of stone arches
and high desert vistas, it’s hard to imagine all the opportunities visitors have to get out on the water. Yet Utah has thousands of surface-acres of boating waters – Lake Powell alone has more shoreline than the US Pacifi c Coast. Water recreation in Utah is as good as it gets – whether it’s the luxury of house boating, the thrill of rafting, the exhilaration of kayaking or just plain fi shing, Utah is a place to get your oar, paddle or line wet.
Colorado River Rafting Ranching, Red Cliff Lodge RANCHING
From majestic alpine mountains to rugged red-rock canyons, Utah typifi es the classic Old West. Some of the most colourful fi gures and outlaws of the Old West claimed Utah as home. Most of their territory is still untouched and can be conveniently experienced today at one of the many ranches located throughout the state. Utah offers everything from rustic dude ranches to fi ve-star luxury lodges, where time in the saddle is combined with spas and international cuisine.
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NIGHT SKY Utah encompasses 84,904 square miles of outstanding natural
CANYONEERING The climate and geology of Utah combine to make an
extraordinary landscape of sweeping slickrock and wonderful canyons. Exploring these marvels of nature – called canyoneering – ranges from civilised strolls through terrain suitable for small children to technical explorations requiring ropes and wetsuits. Utah presents everything from lush, deep canyons in Zion National Park and dry, barren slots in the San Rafael Swell to sculpted canyons in the Grand Staircase Escalante-National Monument.
beauty, yet has only 2.7 million people. Our night skies are famously dark, giving keen amateur and professional astronomers a wondrous view of the universe. The National Park Service found the skies in Natural Bridges National Monument area to be darker than anywhere else in North America. In 2010, it was designated the world’s fi rst International Dark Sky Park. Bryce Canyon National Park has similarly spectacular star-fi lled panoramas and both provide ranger-led, night-sky programmes in the summer.
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