For all of us, there’s a first time for everything. When you come to Park City, it may be your first time skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing or even being in the mountains! I have lived in Park City for ten years and out west for 13. My “firsts” are not as frequent as they have been in the past. This winter though, I got to experience something for the first time. [ Read More ]
When we snowshoe, we get to experience getting UP. We get up on top of the hills, up on top of the mountains. We get above it all. We get to see a different perspective of things. Suddenly, everything is a bit more topographical. Everything pops… Textures appear. Things look different. The air get clearer, and in some cases, thinner! We get to determine our limit and push our bodies [ Read More ]
That’s right folks, about 30″ inches of snow and it didn’t stop us! It was a full on blizzard yesterday with similar weather forecasted for today. However, like the famous phrase goes, “If you don’t like the weather in Utah, wait five minutes.” We didn’t have a bluebird day by any means, and it was COLD but it didn’t snow on us today. It looked as though up high in [ Read More ]
Snowshoe hiking today with a friend proved to be a beautiful experience. There are just so many magical moments to experience once you remove yourself from the cars, the phones, the computers, THE PEOPLE! It was magical today. On what is normally a busy trail, we saw no one. The snow was falling gently as we hiked along. We were up in the trees and it was so quiet. Do [ Read More ]
I first started Mountain Vista Touring five years ago. My initial vision was to provide a safe and happy environment for people to snowshoe and hike with a guide. I played around with a few different things but quickly learned that I wanted to do privately guided hikes only! Most companies think: more people = more money. This is true, however, I would rather have a higher quality than quantity. [ Read More ]
Hi – I’m Alisha, the owner of Mountain Vista Touring. Please stay tuned for my new blog!
