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.
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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

Hell's Hollow in the Fall

I posted a photo yesterday of the aspen in Hell's Hollow. As promised, here are more images from that day. This weekend is probably the tail end of the fall colors up there, and it was quite beautiful. Enjoy the photos.

Hell's Hollow, Utah
©Benjamin Zack, 2014

Hell's Hollow, Utah
©Benjamin Zack, 2014

Hell's Hollow, Utah
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Wheeler Creek Colors

Following up on the heels of the fall colors in Logan Canyon, I headed up to Snowbasin to see what I could find. Still a little early for changing colors up there, but I did get this photo from Wheeler Creek.

Wheeler Creek Trail
©Benjamin Zack, 2014

Full Moon Over Mount Ogden

The positive piece of working late in the office is that I get a view of Mount Ogden and can run out the door with a camera when the full moon starts to rise.

Mount Ogden,
©Benjamin Zack, 2014

Taylor Canyon Storm

Thought I'd post something between all of the video project updates.
We've had some impressive storms in Northern utah over the last few days. I caught this image of clouds moving through Taylor Canyon near Ogden during a brief break in the rain.

Spring storm in Taylor Canyon, Ogden, Utah.
©Benjamin Zack, 2014

Wasatch Sunset

The benefit to working late is that I have great view of the mountains from the office. After last night's storm, the sun cut through to the mountains for a few minutes and I was able to run out and get these shots.

Lewis Peak, Ogden, Utah
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Mount Ogden, Ogden, Utah
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High School Mountain Biking

Over the weekend I photographed the new Utah High School Cycling League. Over 600 riders from around the state converged on Snowbasin for the third mountain bike race of the season. Enjoy the photos and video. More images can be found here.

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©BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner

Fall Colors on Wheeler Creek

I just wanted to put up a few photos from a hike up Wheeler Creek this weekend. The fall colors are really starting to come through in Northern Utah.

©Benjamin Zack, 2013

©Benjamin Zack, 2013

©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.