SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have identified the body of a 43-year-old man who is believed to have fallen from a towering rock formation in Zion National Park. The body of Jason Hartwell, 43, was found Friday at the base of Angels Landing. It showed signs of injuries consistent with […]
HURRICANE, Utah (AP) — A hiker has been found dead in Zion National Park in Utah. The man’s identity was not released by park rangers late Friday. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that rangers were searching for an overdue hiker when they found the body below the Angels Landing trail, […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (The Spectrum) — Zion National Park has reopened with restrictions after an extended closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Spectrum reported that the park will be open during daylight hours but the visitor shuttle system will remain closed. The park was closed for more than a […]
SPRINGDALE, UT – Zion National Park confirms that the body found Thursday, November 21 was that of 19-year-old Savannah McTague. McTague, from Maine, was a Xanterra concession employee working at Zion Lodge. McTague had been out hiking on Angels Landing with two colleagues late afternoon on Wednesday, November 20. She was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A hiker has been found dead at the bottom of a popular trail bordered by steep drops at Zion National Park. Park spokeswoman Aly Baltrus said in a news release that the hiker’s body was found Thursday morning below the Angel’s Landing trail. The hiker […]
Zion National Park’s Trail Crew has successfully removed remnants of a weekend rockfall and the world-famous trail has reopened ahead of schedule. The Angels Landing Trail was assessed on Sunday, November 17, 2019, following a rockfall on Saturday, November 16th on the chained section of the trail. Several unstable rocks, […]
The Angels Landing Trail was assessed on Sunday, November 17, 2019, following a rockfall late on Saturday. A minor rockfall has landed on the chains section of the Angels Landing Trail. A rock, approximately the size of a refrigerator, as well as several other smaller rocks, are obstructing a particularly […]
SPRINGDALE, UT – Zion National Park’s trail crew will be closing Angels Landing Trail Tuesday, August 20 through Wednesday, August 21, 2019, in order to replace multiple posts which support the chain sections on the trial. The trail will close at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 and should […]
SPRINGDALE, UT – The park is closing the Angels Landing Trail at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in order to fix a broken post in a steep section of chain. The post will need a full 24 hours to cure. The trail should reopen after 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28. The West […]
