(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 […]
ST. GEORGE, UTAH (AP) — Officials at Zion National Park have started plans to reopen shuttles into the park for next season and are hoping to avoid ticketing scalping, where people purchase and resell the tickets for higher prices. A temporary shuttle ticket system was introduced over the summer that required […]
ST. GEORGE, UTAH (AP) — Officials at Zion National Park have started to regularly close the road into the park’s main canyon due to overcrowding from private vehicles since the shuttle service closed for the season last month. The popular Scenic Drive roadway has been overrun with visitors since the shuttles […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Every day, packed shuttles chug through Zion National Park carrying thousands of hikers, bikers, tourists and locals into the country’s third most visited National Park. The nearly 40 buses they have on hand have carried passengers since 2000, and haven’t been replaced since, much to […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park rangers are seeking information about vandalism at the park after several blue squares were found painted on the sandstone, authorities said Friday. Most of the paint was removed, but park staff often cannot restore vandalized sites to their former condition, said park spokesman […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sprawling network of camping resorts soon could begin unfolding in the Kolob highlands on Zion National Park’s northern boundary, potentially resulting in an influx of overnight use in a remote and scenic part of southern Utah. Late last year, Ian Crowe, a St. George […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah-Monday, with Memorial Day in full-swing, Zion National Park has announced a temporary closure of its scenic drive. This was confirmed at 6:36 am and the Scenic Drive will be closed until more parking becomes available. 6:36am-Monday:Parking along the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive is full. The scenic […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park has reopened with restrictions after an extended closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The park opened Tuesday and will be operational during daylight hours but the visitor shuttle system will remain closed, The Spectrum reported. Two other Utah National Parks, Arches and Canyonlands, […]
