10 Undeniable Things Every True Utahn Has Done at Least Once

It doesn’t matter if you’re Mormon or not; the Christmas lights at Temple Square are pretty impressive. People from all over the state make the pilgrimage at least once; lucky visitors take the time to ice skate at Gallivan, too.

Is there a child in the state who hasn’t yet seen Dinosaur National Monument? Kids love dinosaurs and Vernal is within a six hour drive for any Utahn. It’s a fun-filled, educational family vacation. If for some reason you haven’t yet gone, there’s still time!

Schools take field trips to Timpanogos; families hike it at least once while their kids are growing up. The hike, with its steep, sun-exposed switchbacks, is hot, hot, hot in the summer. But the cave is nice and cool.

True Utahns grew up on the stuff, starting with the Arctic Circle “C” Box as kids and graduating to Crown Burgers and fries as adults.

It’s a pretty good place for a family reunion. If your family is REALLY cool, you all had matching t-shirts.

Whether you tried to ski at one of Utah’s resorts, or got roped into attempting waterskiing on a Utah lake, pretty much every Utahn has tried one form of skiing or the other.

Driving during Utah’s winters can be really dangerous and ice is especially scary. Even if you have a great big SUV, once you hit ice, all bets are off and your car careens around, bouncing off guardrails and other cars like a pinball. If you haven’t yet experienced that heart-stopping event, maybe you’re one of those guys who heads for the closest LDS church parking lot after a storm and does donuts on the ice...on purpose.

It’s on the license plate for a reason; Delicate Arch is stunning.

So you think you can dance? Lots of young Utahns do! We have thousands of little dancers, from age 2 to 22 living in this state. Odds are, you’ve either been a dancer or you’re related to one. Proud dads sit in the audience at the local high school auditorium to see their four-year-olds dance to the latest Disney movie soundtrack, bored big brothers are told that they’re going to support their sister (or else), even aunts and uncles come out to clap for little dancing stars.

We only have two professional sports teams in Utah and fans go out of their way to catch games. Remember the Stockton-to-Malone years? That was probably Utah’s basketball heyday, but fans still pay big bucks to sit in Energy Solutions Arena. Real Salt Lake fills Rio Tinto Stadium to capacity all season. Utah fans who live too far away to attend in person cheer for their Utah teams while watching on TV.