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Alexis Kelner’s weapons in the fight to protect the Wasatch Mountains? Humor, wit and a dash of garlic.

By Salt Lake Tribune · October 25, 2026 · 1 min read
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Alexis Kelner's love for the mountains was rooted in a youth spent at a World War II survivor's camp in Germany but was poured out on the Wasatch Mountains. Kelner, a man of many talents and a keen sense of humor, spent most of his life exploring the Cottonwood Canyons and fighting to keep them wild.

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