Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show 292 - Solstice Delight

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Happy Winter Solstice from the Ogden High Adventure Park with OOA Host R. Brandon Long, Ogden Arts' Lori Buckley, and OOA Co-host Todd Oberndorfer. 

WINTER SOLSTICE

WEEKLY HAPPY | Chewbacca Kayaks Endor Storm Drain

SNOW REPORT | Ski Utah ; The Powder Buoy

ON THE DOCKET

• 12.21   Ogden Pub Runners Weekly Run, Angry Goat, 6pm
• 12.23   Wildcat Express Grand Opening, 8:45am-9am
• 12.23   Ski Patrol Fireside Chat, Snowbasin, 3-4pm
• 12.24   Snowbasin Christmas Eve Celebration
• 12.27   Know Before You Go, GEAR:30, 7pm
• 12.30   Frosty Fat Tire Race, Nordic Valley
• 1.3-7    USU WFR Course
• 1.6       2nd Annual Turn N’ Burn Banked Slalom at Powder Mountain, 9-6pm
• 1.10     Dawn Patrol with the Weber Outdoor Program
• 1.13-15 AIARE 1 Course, Weber Outdoor Program
• 1.18      Dining Discovery: Taste of Snowbasin 
• 1.19-21 AIARE 1 Course, Bear House Mountain Guiding, Cottonwoods
• 1.21     Intro to Ice Climbing, Bear House Mountain Guiding
• 1.25-26 ECAC 16th Black & White Competition Intake, Call for Entry
• 1.27     OWA Intro to Backcountry Skiing, Cottonwoods
• 1.30     Adventuring in the Alps, GEAR:30 7pm
• 2.2       Yeti Beard & Moustache Competition, Union Station, 6:30pm
• 2.3       Sweaty Yeti Fat Bike Race, Wolf Creek Resort
• 2.3       Intro to Backcountry Skiing, Bear House Mountain Guiding
• 2.15-19 Vertical Integration Ogden, Utah Backcountry Getaway, $795
• 2.23      IF4 - International Fly Fishing Film Festival, Peery’s Egyptian Theater
• 2.16-18 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour - Peery’s Egyptian Theater
• 4.2-8     Wasatch Mountain Film Festival

IN THE NEWS

• We Have Chickens!
• A-hole Poachers knock out 2 Bucks & a Bull

WORTH WATCHING | Imagination, Sherpa Cinema’s & The North Face

We've all been that kid sitting in the back seat of our family car, wishing we were somewhere else. Through the boredom, the driveway snow piles, sidewalk handrails and stair sets start to tease our inner skier. Watch day dreams come to life as Tom Wallisch shreds the snowy streets of Nelson, British Columbia.

GEAR:30 | Rad Dog Leash

For those who travel light, check out the many benefits of the Release N Run.

MY LANDS | Chouinard Responds to Congress

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” - Anton Chekhov

Thank you to GEAR:30 for powering today’s 292nd  Episode of the Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show! Look for us on Facebook, Instagram, iTunes, Stitcher, thebanyancollective.com, and on the Podbean App for Android & iPhones.

Chat with us on Twitter @OgdenAdventure or @BanyanPodcast

OUTDOOR JUKEBOX | Sifting through hours of crappy music, so you don’t have to.

“That Christmasy Feeling” - Johnny Cash

Very good christmas country song performed by two brothers Tommy & Johnny Cash.

As John Muir would say, “The Mountains are calling and we must go…”