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With downhill lift tickets getting close to a $100/day, a winter ski trip to Utah is just not feasible for dirtbags these days. Or is it? Check out the following ideas for free winter fun in the mountains all around Salt Lake.

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Well not really… but if you had enough of ridiculously high lift ticket prices, traffic jams in the canyon, or uber high avalanche danger in the backcountry – Nordic Skiing may just be the next best thing. The skis are easy to come across or relatively inexpensive for a new set-up compared to alpine [...]

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In listening to NPR the other day, I heard this interview with Michelle Singletary about her book The Power to Prosper: 21 Days to Financial Freedom.  She encourages people to do what she calls a 21-day financial fast meaning that you only purchase necessities and pay for everything with cash.  The fast gets you thinking [...]

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Norris Hot Springs, Water of the Gods is a trippy little commercial hot spring about a half hours drive outside of Bozeman, Montana.  The 30 x 40 foot pool was super clean and the perfect temperature for soaking in the winter – 106 degrees F.  Wood planks line the pool and the artesian spring bubbles [...]

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Dirtbagger Guide writer, Amiee Maxwell, profiles five of the best dirtbag towns in the West in her A Dirtbagger’s Guide to the American West. For those of you that are not familiar with the Matador Network, it is the ultimate site dedicated to travel and community.

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Feel the spirit of Edward Abbey, the American author and environmental advocate, in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park as you trek three miles over red and white slickrock, through sandy washes, prickly pear cactus and yucca groves to the best camp spot in Utah – Chesler Park.
The Colorado and Green Rivers divide Canyonlands [...]

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Colorado’s Loveland Ski Area is the first ski resort to open this year with its earliest opening date in 40 years.  Loveland opened last Wednesday, October 7, 2009, with an 18-inch base.  Arapahoe Basin followed shortly after with their earliest opening day ever on Friday, October 9, 2009.
Early season snows have seen first tracks all [...]

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There are many definitions of dirtbag out there, but for the terms of this website we are using the word dirtbag to describe the dreamer, adventurer, conventional dissenter, uber cheap, and sometimes well-worn traveler. The new dirtbag has evolved into an ambitious, eco-conscience, cooperative individual from its dirty, unkempt, and contemptable roots.

You get up at [...]

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