Back Country Horsemen

One of my favorite assignments this summer involved heading into the Northern Wasatch Mountains with the local chapter of the Back Country Horsemen. Here are a few photos from the trip up Ben Lomond.

Larry Housley coils rope after packing supplies up Ben Lomond Peak on Thursday, July 10, 2015. Members of the Wasatch Front Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen Association carried gear into remote areas of the Northern Wasatch Range in order to supply aide stations for an upcoming race.
©Benjamin Zack/Standard-Examiner

Larry Housley has a beer and rests with his horse, Bubba, after packing supplies up Ben Lomond Peak on Thursday, July 10, 2015. Housley and a second rider with the Back Country Horsemen Association rode two saddle horses and brought three additional packhorses loaded with gear in preparation for an upcoming ultramarathon.
©Benjamin Zack/Standard-Examiner

Highlights From 2013

I made it through 2013 and thought I would share a few of the photo highlights from the last year. Many of these images are from my first year shooting for the Standard-Examiner in Northern Utah. Looking forward to what 2014 brings. Enjoy.

Big Brush Creek Cave
©Benjamin Zack

Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo wrapped up the final night at Pioneer Stadium on Wednesday, July, 24, 2013. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Elijah White-Scott waits as Kevin Styles combs out his hair before a haircut at Marshall White Community Center on Monday, August, 19, 2013. Styles, who is a barber at Envy Me Salon and Spa in Roy, was one of nine barbers from around the region giving free back-to-school haircuts.(BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Mt. Watson Reflection

With winter setting in, the weather up here has been very calm and crisp in the mornings. This weekend I went up to the Uinta Mountains and played around with reflections in a few back country lakes before a late morning breeze broke up the water. The image below is obviously flipped.

Mt. Watson reflected in Wall Lake in the Uinta Mountains in Northern Utah.
©Benjamin Zack, 2013

Tony Grove Caves

I recently had the good luck to get to work on a story on cave research in Northern Utah. After planning and training for over a month, I went out on a research trip a couple weeks ago. You can read about the trip and see a brief video as well. There are also more photos in a wider slideshow.

John Cox, JR Schenk, and Kirsten Bahr (l-r) explore the ice-filled Heaven's Gate Cave in Cache County on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. Bahr, a geology graduate student at USU, is measuring caves in the region as part of her master's thesis project. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Kirsten Bahr prepares to descend into Heaven's Gate Cave in Cache County on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. The Tony Grove area east of Logan is filled with caves ranging from large open pits to small cracks in the cliffs. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

John Cox watches as Kirsten Bahr begins the climb out of Black Crack Cave in Cache County on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. The main branch of the cave is a narrow 190 foot drop. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Kirsten Bahr makes notes on a map of Black Crack Cave on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

John Cox squeezes out of the exit of Black Crack Cave in Cache County on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. After almost 200 feet of climbing, Cox and the other cavers have to work through a tight and difficult crack just feet from the entrance. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Kirsten Bahr, right, examines a map of the ice-filled Heaven's Gate Cave while John Cox, left, and JR Schenk look around on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. Despite the summer heat, the temperature in the cave remains in the low 30's year round. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

John Cox, JR Schenk, and Kirsten Bahr (l-r) take a break after exploring Black Crack Cave before hiking to the nearby Heaven's Gate Cave in Tony Grove on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Supermoon

In case you missed it, tonight was the "supermoon." If nothing else, it was a good excuse to run all over town catching the moon as it rose over different ridges on Mount Ogden. Enjoy.