I live in Heber City. Like a lot of people here, I came for the mountains and stayed for everything else — the Saturday markets, the family restaurants that have been around for generations, the river guides who know exactly where the fish are, the trail that’s somehow never crowded.
But here’s the thing I kept running into: even as a local, I’d discover a place that had been three blocks away for years and think, how did I not know about this? And when friends visited, I’d watch them drown in review sites and end up at the same handful of obvious spots — missing the places that actually make this valley special.
The Wasatch Back has no shortage of guidebooks written by people passing through. What it didn’t have was a warm, honest, living guide built by someone who stays — one that treats a family-run bakery with the same care as a big resort, and points you to what locals genuinely love instead of whatever paid for the top slot.
So I’m building it. That’s the whole idea.
What we mean by “the Wasatch Back”
The Wasatch Back is the eastern side of the Wasatch Range — the valleys behind the big Salt Lake peaks. It’s Heber and Midway in the Heber Valley, Kamas at the gateway to the Uintas, Park City over the hill, and the water and open country around Jordanelle, Deer Creek, Charleston, and Wallsburg. Ranch land and resort town, reservoir and ridgeline, all within a short drive.
The mission
Help people — locals and visitors alike — discover the real Wasatch Back, and help the small businesses that make it special get found. No pay-to-win rankings. No stock-photo sameness. Just a guide that feels like it was made by a neighbor, because it was.
It’s early, and it’s growing week by week. If you’ve got a place you love, a correction, or an idea, I genuinely want to hear it.