ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will be at Zion National Park to draw attention to a maintenance backlog at national parks. The Southern Utah park known for striking red-rock vistas estimates its backlog at $65 million. Also on hand Monday to call for Congressional action […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park officials say rescue crews had to retrieve a group of hikers who were temporarily trapped on the popular Hidden Canyon trail after a rockfall. The Spectrum reports it’s the third time in a little more than a month that the park has had to […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park is planning to overhaul its main entrance to help ease long lines of cars that can stretch back for miles. The Spectrum newspaper reports the National Park Service is proposing changes that include increasing the number of visitor-entry lanes and creating a short-term visitor […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park officials say a canyon in the park is closed due to a search and rescue operation in progress Tuesday morning. Park officials did not release additional information on the operation in Hidden Canyon but said in a separate Twitter post that […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities at Zion National Park say they’ve found the body of a missing hiker and are working to recover it. Park rangers said in a statement Wednesday that 47-year-old Maurice Harris was found at the dead end of Deertrap Mountain trail, an offshoot of the larger […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park in Utah has reopened popular rock-climbing routes after peregrine falcons finished their nesting season on the cliffs. Park rangers say four juvenile falcons were raised successfully, two on Tunnel Wall and two on Angels Landing. Another nest and breeding pair were detected, but […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials are calling out two groups of visitors who didn’t heed instructions for a demanding canyoneering route and had to be rescued. Officials with the southern Utah park said in a news release this week that the leader of one group mocked […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park visitors are being asked to alert wildlife biologists if they encounter bighorn sheep coughing a lot. Excessive coughing is a symptom of pneumonia and park officials and the state Division of Wildlife Resources said Tuesday that a bacterium commonly associated with […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say several popular trails at Zion National Park have been closed in definitely by damage due to flash flooding. Park rangers said Thursday the trail closures at the red-rock park include Angels Landing, Kayenta and Upper Emerald Pools. Rangers at the park in southern Utah […]
Riverside Walk is open again after an intense storm on Wednesday caused flooding, mudslides and rockfalls in Zion National Park. The Zion- Mount Carmel Highway and several trails, including Angels Landing, Kayenta, Upper Emerald Pools, and West Rim from the Grotto to Cabin Spring, remain closed. According to the National […]
