ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Stretches of trails inside Zion National Park are temporarily closed after a rockfall injured three people over the weekend. Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV reports the incident happened Saturday shortly before 6 p.m. around Cable Mountain. Park officials said in a news release that a […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Biologists have confirmed there’s a new baby condor at Zion National Park in southwest Utah. Park rangers said Tuesday they estimate the California condor hatched in May, nestled in a crevice of a sweeping red-rock cliff. It is the 1,000 chick born since the start of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There’s likely a new baby condor at Zion National Park in southwest Utah. Park rangers said Thursday that they suspect a pair of endangered California condors has hatched their first egg because of behavior changes between the birds. They estimate the chick to be about […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A highway that is a main access route for Zion National Park is reopening following weeks of repairs following damage from heavy rain. Park officials announced Friday that the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, also known as the State Route 9 Connector, will reopen Saturday, with […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A man found dead at the bottom of a popular narrow trail bordered by steep drops at Zion National Park has been identified as a hiker from Salt Lake City. A National Park Service statement said the man was identified as 35-year-old Pradeep Beryl […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man was found dead at the bottom of a popular narrow trail bordered by steep drops at Zion National Park. Zion National Park spokeswoman Aly Baltrus said Thursday that park rangers found the man’s body while searching for a 35-year-old hiker who went missing […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Officials at Zion National Park say a rockslide inside the park has forced the closure of state Route 9. The Spectrum newspaper reports that park officials announced Sunday that the road will remain closed “until further notice.” The rockslide on the switchbacks beneath the Zion-Mount Carmel tunnel […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Arizona man whose leg was buried up to the knee in quicksand for several hours in Zion National Park in Utah over the weekend says he thought he might lose his leg or die because the quicksand’s water was so cold. The 34-year-old Ryan […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have rescued a hiker who got stranded in a creek during winter weather at Zion National Park in Utah after his leg got stuck in quicksand. Zion National Park says the 34-year-old man from Arizona and his companion were unable to free him after his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday announced the approval of two coal mining projects in southern Utah, including one nestled between two national parks in the state’s red rock region. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the mining projects in a news release Thursday, declaring […]
