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We create opportunities for achieving a healthy lifestyle in Kane County, UT by providing education and support, developing infrastructure, and enhancing skills.

The garden tour is coming up! We've got at least 10 great sites for you to check out on Friday and Saturday of this week...
08/20/2026

The garden tour is coming up! We've got at least 10 great sites for you to check out on Friday and Saturday of this week. 😊🌷🌻🌵🌽
Get the site locations at https://www.healthykanecounty.org/garden-tour

And that's a rap! (pun intended 😋) What an incredible and transformative week!! Today our canyoneers tackled their bigge...
08/08/2026

And that's a rap! (pun intended 😋) What an incredible and transformative week!! Today our canyoneers tackled their biggest challenge yet, Birch Hollow, a canyon with more rappels, more hiking, and--with the magic of our group--more fun. It was so great to see the smooth confidence and competence that has grown over the course of the week and to hear the kids' comment on how different this kind of canyon feels today compared to if they had encountered it only a few days ago. With all their new skills, we moved through the canyon like a well-oiled machine with a lot of fun mixed in. What a gift it has been to watch these kids be curious, supportive, playful, thoughtful, and responsible and to see them light up through gaining mastery and expand their capacity to cope with discomfort--even to the point that the hot hike out was cheerful, playful, and fun. 🤯 This group truly shows what it looks like to thrive as individuals and in community.

Thank you to Darren from All Ways Adventure who joined us Wednesday through Friday! Even with a mid-week start, he fit right in with our crew and provided excellent instruction. Thanks again to all of our funders and partners---Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation, All Ways Adventure, Willow Canyon Outdoor Company, the Coalition of American Canyoneers, and Mountain Star Apparel. And thank you to the families who supported your children in participating and to our participants---it was a truly special week.

There are few things more satisfying than seeing youth build a sense of mastery---and with mastery comes even more space...
08/06/2026

There are few things more satisfying than seeing youth build a sense of mastery---and with mastery comes even more space for joy and playfulness. Today as we traveled through Ladder Canyon, rappels and non-technical scrambles that would have felt scary in the first part of the week were simply experienced as exciting and joyful to our canyoneers. Our crew was way into both practical and playful stemming, singing in the canyon, and continuing the enthusiastic and supportive group dynamic they've been fostering all week. Over and over in big and small ways we see them practicing teamwork, being resilient, taking care of their health, acting with integrity, using their voice, and demonstrating efficacy. After our canyon, we spent the afternoon getting a tour of the paleontology lab from Katja Knoll at the Kanab Field Office, learning about plants from ecologist Marc Coles-Ritchie, and putting together creative performances for LNT (Leave No Trace) Theater. We are so excited to put everything into practice with a big canyon effort tomorrow! 🎉

Thank you Katja and Marc!

Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation

It's incredible to get to watch skill development happen in real time as we continue our week of canyoneering. Today our...
08/06/2026

It's incredible to get to watch skill development happen in real time as we continue our week of canyoneering. Today our participants started taking a more active role in setting up their rappel devices, learned more about using friction to control descent, learned how to pull and coil ropes, and got more comfortable with rappelling through a wide variety of cliff features. It was so neat to see how conversations we had in the first couple days bringing attention to supporting teammates through tricky non-technical sections with communication and giving a hand now come naturally as our group moves through space. In addition to our canyoneering activities today, our group learned about graffiti remediation and enthusiastically contributed to washing away sand-chalk graffiti. In celebration of today's accomplishments we had a great time cooling off in Water Canyon's beautiful mini waterfalls and pools.

Have you noticed how cool our group looks in our THRIVE Outdoors sun hoodies? They're the perfect lightweight, sun-deflecting clothing for protecting our skin from the sun without gallons of sunscreen and staying cool. If you've picked up on a theme from the past couple days, we love to support local businesses in the process of doing local programming, and we were able to work with Mountain Star Apparel for the design and printing of the shirts. And our gratitude goes out to the Coalition of American Canyoneers, who heard about our program and reached out with an enthusiastic offer to support our efforts; they covered the cost of the shirts that have been keeping our kids cool and sun-protected this week!! We so appreciate their support.

Thank you Mallory and Cam & the Coalition board!

Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation

We had an amazing second day in which our kids completed their first technical canyon, which included learning about the...
08/05/2026

We had an amazing second day in which our kids completed their first technical canyon, which included learning about the assessments and decisions that have to be made when the canyon is different than it was before due to recent flash flooding, wading through water, working together to traverse down a steep section, doing a 100-foot rappel, and more! In addition to adding more bricks to participants' canyoneering foundation, Search & Rescue volunteer Katie Wallace joined us for the day and shared about the processes used in Search & Rescue and pillars of teamwork.

Have you noticed the great gear the kids in our photos have? We love to support local businesses, and they supported us right back with in-kind support that enabled us to give each participant a great set of gear that not only gives them what they need for our long days through the canyons but will also stay with the kids so they can pursue further outdoors activities. Huge thank you to Willow Canyon Outdoor Company for making that possible!

Thank you Katie, Mel, and Kieran!!

Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation

Happy First Day of THRIVE Outdoors to all who celebrate! 🎉✨We are so excited to finally launch our week-long youth canyo...
08/03/2026

Happy First Day of THRIVE Outdoors to all who celebrate! 🎉✨

We are so excited to finally launch our week-long youth canyoneering camp, a program focused on building teamwork, health, resilience, integrity, voice, and (self-)efficacy (aka THRIVE) in a cohort of 12-14 year olds from Kane County. Today, we practiced rappelling at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, learned about Southern Paiute history and culture from Daniel Bullets of the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, and discussed Visit With Respect principles with Utah Cultural Site Stewardship regional coordinator Emery Blanchard.

This program is made possible with a UCORE grant from Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation, as well as support from community partners and volunteers. Each day we will highlight one of our partners, starting with our all-star canyoneering guides from All Ways Adventure . All Ways Adventure has been an integral collaborator throughout our program design and their expertise and generosity is central to our success.

Thank you Jillian, Nathan, Daniel, and Emery!

Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation

Save the date for the 2026 Garden Tour!! Mark those calendars, more details to come ✨ And if you'd like to show your gar...
07/22/2026

Save the date for the 2026 Garden Tour!! Mark those calendars, more details to come ✨

And if you'd like to show your garden to others, reach out! We're looking for a variety of locations and a variety of types of gardens---do you specialize in fruits and vegetables? flowers? native plants? something else? We want them all!

Submit your completed form at bit.ly/HKCFsampler by July 31st.
07/22/2026

Submit your completed form at bit.ly/HKCFsampler by July 31st.

07/20/2026

Adventure is healthy. 🌄

Whether it's hiking a trail, exploring a slot canyon, joining a fitness class, or trying a new activity, every step you take is an investment in your health.

The Healthy Kane County Lifelong Sports & Wellness Sampler Challenge is a fun way to discover new ways to stay active while exploring all that Kane County has to offer. Complete activities throughout July for a chance to win health-promoting prizes.

📅 Challenge ends July 31
📄 Download a challenge sheet or learn more at: https://www.healthykanecounty.org/lifelong-sports-wellness-sampler-challenge

Let's get outside, get moving, and make every step count! 💚

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180 W. 300 N
Kanab, UT
84741

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