Julie Jag

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Julie Jag |Anastasia Hufham

With one glance, Richard Dorchuck could size up the value of most any of the lots at Utah's antler auction. "I am the original 'Antler Man,'" he said. "I have a professional, vocational, recreational Ph.D. in this stuff."Dorchuck towed two helpers and an orange scale the size of a wheelbarrow down rows of deer, elk and moose antlers, around bobcat and beaver pelts and between bison and cougar skulls.

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Julie Jag

Like the snow they count on, ski resorts' season pass offerings can vary greatly from year to year. Sometimes it's possible to find the equivalent of a powder stash - a pass that's so unbelievable, you'll only tell your closest friends about it. And sometimes you navigate your way over to a favorite pass, only to find that it's become much more treacherous (read: expensive) or that your favorite perks have been ripped out.

1 month ago | sltrib.com | Julie Jag

For many winters, the language of Utah's traction law bore a remarkable similarity to the bald-tire vehicles often found slipping down the Cottonwood Canyons after a big storm. You might be able to squeeze around it, but at what risk? Utah Department of Transportation officials and officers charged with enforcing the law were equally stuck when they considered either preemptively enacting the law or citing a driver who had broken it. The way the rule was written, there was no clear path forward.

2 months ago | sltrib.com | Julie Jag

A parking lot that has become a paradise for Utah skiers and snowboarders is about to be paved over. Construction of a three-tiered parking structure on the Cabriolet lot at Canyons Village is set to begin Monday, Park City Mountain announced this week. In the short term, the disruption will lead to reduced parking in the dirt lot near State Route 224. In the long term, the garage could spell the demise of one of the few free, first-come-first-served ski lots left in the Wasatch Mountains.

2 months ago | sltrib.com | Julie Jag

This winter in Utah, the grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side, but the snow is deeper. The northern and southern halves of the state have been experiencing two different winters. The north, including in the Wasatch and Uinta mountain ranges and their skiers and snowboarders, can delight in a snowpack that's slightly above average - thanks in large part to last week's storm that dropped more than to six feet of snow in the Cottonwood Canyons. The southern part of the state?