Author: lclarktate

  • Resort Report

    Utah’s hills are alive with new deals, lifts and more Published by City Weekly | November 2013 By L. Clark Tate Fifteen ski hills (11 within an hour of Salt Lake City) sprawl across Utah’s topographical wonderland, ready and waiting for winter—and each and every one wants you. This year’s prices, pass…

  • Winter Outdoor Rec Guide 2013

    Winter Outdoor Rec Guide 2013

    Published for City Weekly’s Winter Outdoor Recreation Guide | 2013 Perfect 10 Don’t just ride the mountain—explore it. It’s time to toss out your tick list, ditch the standard run routine and search out some freshies—and we don’t just mean snow. You’re about to spend a day in rugged yet surreally…

  • Perfect 10

    It’s time to truly experience the Greatest Snow on Earth with these 10 runs Published by Salt Lake City Weekly By L. Clark Tate Don’t just ride the mountain—explore it. It’s time to toss out your tick list, ditch the standard run routine and search out some freshies—and we don’t just…

  • A Forester for The Trees

    A Forester for The Trees

    A day with Nadia Hamey, the forester developing a sustainable yield logging plan for Cemex Redwoods. Hilltromper Santa Cruz | 2013 Words and Photo By L. Clark Tate Oct. 11, 2013—I envisioned a hike with forester Nadia Hamey, despite knowing quite a bit about her progressive practices, to be something…

  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Published by Women’s Movement | September 17, 2013 By L. Clark Tate Spanning the southern states of North Carolina and Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most-visited park in the nation. While its roads will soon be teeming with leaf peepers, the beauty of this national park is that most…

  • Clay Kempf, Soul Birder

    Clay Kempf, Soul Birder

    Published by Hilltromper Santa Cruz | September 2013 By L. Clark Tate Clay Kempf is a soul birder. It’s not about the lists for him, or about having a big year. He just loves being outside. If a bird happens to fly by while he basks in Mother Nature’s glory,…

  • Josh Stiles

    Josh Stiles

    Published in Hilltromper Santa Cruz | August 2013 By L. Clark Tate Midway through a softball game at Delaveaga Park in Santa Cruz, Josh Stiles was feeling like he’d lost a step. At 31 he was active and fit, but he’d just been thrown out, twice. That just didn’t happen. “I…

  • 3 Days in Yosemite

    3 Days in Yosemite

    Women’s Movement | August 16, 2013 By L. Clark Tate With a land mass of 1,169 miles, which is about the size of Rhode Island, Yosemite National Park is massive and can easily feel overwhelming, especially during the busy summer season. Here’s our take on how to travel Yosemite—and experience the roads…

  • Patagonia’s Clean Green Wetsuit

    Patagonia’s Clean Green Wetsuit

    Published by Hilltromper Santa Cruz | 2014 by L. Clark Tate Aug. 6, 2013—Patagonia, the perpetual innovator, has done it again. The company that looks at playing hooky as a perk and actually encourages customers to buy fewer of their products has discovered a process that will turn a simple seed into that most…

  • Brains on Pong

    Brains on Pong

    Brains on Pong may revel how information is sent via electrodes Published by Science Recorder | June 2013 by L. Clark Tate Remember Pong? A computer game similar the one that had the world tapping “k” and “m” just facilitated a major breakthrough in neurobiological research, according to the Los…