Robert Johnson has been working at the Standard Examiner newspaper for almost 10 years and was previously a Staff Photographer and the Outdoors Editor before taking his current job as the Visuals Editor, managing a staff of photographers, graphics artists and videographers. Robert started his photojournalism career as a staff photographer at the Daily Herald newspaper in Provo, Utah. Before this he worked as an intern in the Public Relations department of Utah Valley University where he also graduated with a business degree and was the photo editor of the student newspaper. Robert is an avid skier, climber and cyclist with a strong appreciation for the Wasatch Mountains he grew up in. He specializes in outdoor adventure photography and tries to capture and share his passion for the mountain environment with others.
Lost in the Woods
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Friday, April 29, 2011 - 15:03
Sam uses the last bit of snow to do things the easy way
When the ski resorts close for the season most sensible people move on to other spring time activities like gardening or mountain biking and hang up their skis for the season.
I am not one of these people. I just want to be up in the mountains and the resorts closing just means I have to start hiking for my turns. Lots of wet heavy slush and corn snow up there plus I can bring my dog to the local resort. Having the entire place to...
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Friday, May 20, 2011 - 13:57
There is soooo much snow up there still. Why aren’t the lifts still running? So you can use them to sit and take your skins off.
A new use for a lift chair: taking off skins the easy way
Skiing to the top of Lighting ridge with Snowbasin in the background
Meg Dog walks in the sky atop Lightning ridge at Powder Mountain
The reward of hiking to the top: untracked slushy solitude at Pow Mow.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 14:39
My friend Shad and I arrived in the Tetons for our second attempt at the Koven route and the summit of, what has become for us, the illusive Mt. Owen. We always plan to “go light” so of course the station wagon was loaded with most of the climbing, camping and ski gear we own.
Why is it that “going light” requires so much gear? I just can’t decide exactly what I’m doing until I see it for myself and most importantly how the mountains feel about my intentions...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 11:10
Jason watches his feet on a slab traverse high on the Pfiefferhorn
Traversing the 5.4ish slab crux of the North Ridge (section of fixed rope missing)
On the approach to the most classic alpine ridge in the Wasatch
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Monday, November 14, 2011 - 15:28
When we arrived at the Alta parking lot for some preseason ski touring I knew it would be crowded but the lot looked mostly full as if the resort were already open. Up on the hill above the Collins lift a moving line of people made steady progress from the base as high as I could see almost as if there were an escalator in place. Actually it was like a human powered ski lift reaching to the top of the mountain. Everyone is a ski tourer now I guess.
I’d reminisce about how I used to have...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 11:03
2 feet of fresh snow is all you need for some amazing skiing if you find just the right low-angle slope with no rocks to hit. Photos from an undisclosed location last weekend in the Bear River mountain range…
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