Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Ep. 300 - Seeing Green!

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This episode features an interview with Cass Morgan, PhD, brainchild behind Weber State's Outdoor Recreation Major program. 

SNOW REPORT | Ski Utah ; The Powder Buoy

INTERVIEW | Cass Morgan, PhD - Program Director & Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Human Performance - Rec Connect

PS, we're 8 years and 300 Shows in. We were just pups...

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Todd to the Top, Trippy Tressa, Gear Junky James, Host R. Brandon Long in the KWCR studio, March 12, 2010.

ON THE DOCKET

• 3.15      Seeing Green Clearance Event at GEAR:30, Up to 40% OFF Winter Goods
• 3.15      Ogden Pub Runners Season Opener, The City Club, 6-9pm
• 3.17      Celtic Celebration, Celtic Beat Dancers, Live Music, Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 7:30p
• 3.23      Rec Connect - Outdoor Innovation Expo, Ogden Union Station, Noon-7pm
• 3.24      Advanced Backcountry Touring with Bear House Mountain Guiding
• 3.24      Spring Beer Fest, Union Station, 5-9pm, $20
• 3.24      Ski to End Allheimer’s, Snowbasin Resort, Top of Wildcat, 12:30pm
• 3.28      Snowbasin Avalanche Rescue Dog Fundraiser, Alleged, 7-10pm
• 3.29      Intro to Trail Running Clinic, GEAR:30, 6:30-7:30pm
• 3.31      Mountain Luxury Free Pancake Run
• 4.2-8     Wasatch Mountain Film Festival
• 4.6        Van Sessions Season 4, Episode 2 LIVE at Union Station, 7-10pm
• 4.28      Coldwater Traverse 11/16 Mile Trail Run, Bonneville Shoreline Trail, 

#OnTheRadar

• 5.10      2018 Ogden Trails Shin Dig, The Front Climbing Club, 5:30-8:30pm
• 5.12      Fly With The Flock 5K at Ogden Nature Center
• 5.17      Climber & Author Tommy Caldwell at the Patagonia Outlet, SLC
• 6.2       Mountain Gravity Expo
• 7.21      2018 Yellowstone Beer Fest

IN THE NEWS

• Nordic Valley Closed For Season
• Altra Sold to VF Corporation, Owners of Timberland & The North Face
• Ogden Named Top Ten US Mountain Bike Town
• 2 Ogden Runners Selected to Suunto Summit 2018
• Boyne Resorts to Assume Ownership of 6 Resorts Including Brighton Ski Area
• ‘Ocean Brothers’ complete 3,000 mile row across Atlantic
• Nepal Supreme Court orders reversal of ban on climbers with disabilities

WORTH WATCHING | Disney’s Abandoned Ski Resort

Did you know that Walt Disney himself headed up a project to build a Disney-branded ski resort? Disney's Mineral King Ski Resort was one of Walt's very last projects - so what happened? Photo credits: Disney History Institute, Disney, Transform California, Google, National Forest Service, EarthJustice, Summit Post, ClipartFest

 GEAR:30 | Mystery Ranch Packs Now In!

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MY LANDS | Uranium mining industry pushes for access to land near Grand Canyon National Park

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Thank you to GEAR:30 for powering today’s 300th  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 | “Mess is Mine” - Vance Joy Live From Spotify London

'Mess is Mine' is taken from Vance Joy's debut album Dream Your Life Away - Get it now at http://smarturl.it/DreamYourLifeAway Stream it at http://smarturl.it/DYLAstream (US & AUS) www.vancejoy.com www.facebook.com/vancejoy Written & Directed by Luci Schroder (www.lucischroder.com) Produced by Emma Haarburger (www.emmahaarburger.com) Cinematography by Michael Lathem Polar Bear: Nadine Dimitrievitch, Luci

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