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Hannah Singleton

Hannah Singleton is a freelance writer living in Salt Lake City, Utah. She primarily covers outdoor sports, public lands and the environment, and holds a master’s degree in environmental studies. Her work appears in The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Forbes, SELF and other publications.

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When is it appropriate to call out bad trail etiquette?

by Hannah Singleton May 7, 2024August 8, 2024

With more trail users than ever before, trail etiquette is important to preserve the places we love. But it doesn’t mean the same thing to every visitor.

People pass sand bags to protect homes from the rising flow of Emigration Creek through Wasatch Hollow Park, Salt Lake City, on April 12, 2023.
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This year’s record-breaking snowpack is pouring into the dried-out Salt Lake

by Hannah Singleton May 15, 2023January 24, 2024

Snowmelt is replenishing depleted ecosystems and flooding communities.

Traffic winds up Little Cottonwood Canyon on a Sunday in March. The notorious “red snake,” — locals’ not-so-affectionate name for the line of vehicle taillights —  extends for miles down Wasatch Boulevard towards Salt Lake City.
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As Utah’s ski tourism grows, locals’ needs are neglected

by Hannah Singleton March 24, 2023January 24, 2024

The world’s longest gondola is proposed as a traffic solution in Little Cottonwood Canyon, but residents oppose this project.

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