(Zion National Park, UT) — Zion National Park is ready to begin reconstruction of a road that was washed out during this year’s intense spring runoff. In March, Kolob Canyons Road washed away in a landslide park officials said was ten feet deep, 15 feet wide, and 70 feet long. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Admission to Utah State Parks will be free this Saturday. Park entry will be made free in recognition of National Public Lands Day, which promotes the enjoyment and conservation of public lands. Hikers will have a great opportunity to check out spectacular scenery at parks […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Zion National Park is lifting campfire restrictions. The park announced this week that it’s scaling back fire restrictions that had been in place for months, after recent rains and this week’s forecast for more storms and cooler weather. The new rules allow campfires at the […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A new, free-admission visitor’s center is coming to Zion National Park. Zion Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh, Governor Spencer Cox, Utah Tourism Director Vicki Varela, and other local, state and federal officials and Paiute tribal leaders gathered on Tuesday at the site of the Discovery Center. It […]
(St. George, UT) — Flash floods are likely to sweep across all of Southern Utah’s national parks and national monuments today. The Southern Utah Flash Flooding Potential Rating shows floods are probable at Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands along with Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon […]
(St. George, UT) — Southern Utah’s National Parks are serious money-makers. Figures out this week show that 13-million visitors to Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, and Canyonlands national parks, spent one-point-seven billion dollars at those parks and national monuments like Cedar Breaks last year. The 2022 National Parks Spending Effects reports […]
(Springdale, UT) — New restrictions for campfires in Zion Canyon will be in place beginning tomorrow. The fire management officer for Zion National Park announced campfires and smoking near dry plants in that area will not be allowed until further notice. In a statement, officials said a fire had to […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A teenage girl who was missing in Zion National Park has been rescued. The teen was reported missing Tuesday night after she’d hiked into Zion’s Narrows trail. Search and rescue teams found her early yesterday morning near Orderville Canyon. Park officials say she was cold […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — The Narrows is open again but the popular hiking trail in Zion National Park is no walk in the park. The Virgin River is flowing “high, fast, and cold,” according to park spokesman Jonathan Shafer. The Narrows was closed to hikers for more than two […]
(Springdale, UT) — A Zion National Park road is dealing with a major pothole, sort of. The park announced this week a small depression in Kolob Canyons Road that was found in March recently turned into a landslide measuring ten feet deep, 15 feet wide, and 70 feet long. Officials […]
