(Zion Nat’l Park, UT) — Climbers are being told to stay away from some cliffs at Zion National Park because of an endangered species. Peregrine falcons are nesting in certain areas of the park, including Cable Mountain, the Great White Throne, Tunnel Wall and Mount Spry. The bird’s mating season […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Zion National Park is closing some of the park’s popular rock climbing areas to protect nesting peregrine falcons. Those areas include Angels Landing and Cable Mountain. Peregrine falcons are known as the world’s fastest animal, diving at more than 240 miles an hour. High concentrations […]
(Undated) — Two Utah campgrounds are being ranked among the hardest to book in the United States. Camping website The Dyrt looked at the availability of campsites around the country and ranked them by how hard it is to get a reservation. Fruita Campground at Capitol Reef National Park was […]
(Zion Nat’l Park, UT) — Zion National Park continues to be a popular place to visit in southern Utah. Preliminary data from the National Park Service shows the destination saw nearly four-point-seven-million visitors in 2022, although that number is less than the year before. But, Zion is still the state’s […]
(Springdale, UT) — Visitors to Zion National Park will not have access to the park’s shuttle services for several weeks. The park’s free shuttle services will not be available beginning today. The shuttles will resume service from December 23rd to January 1st and will then shut down again until late […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A woman has died while camping in Zion National Park. The National Park Service says the 31-year-old woman was camping with her husband in the Utah park on Tuesday night, in a popular canyon called the Narrows, and by Wednesday morning the weather had turned […]
(St. George, UT) — National Public Lands Day is Saturday, meaning it will be a Fee-Free Day for all national parks and more. Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Capitol Reef national parks in Utah are included as federal officials try to get people interested in volunteering. Over a million people in […]
(St. George, UT) — Rock climbers are welcomed back to Zion National park after some areas of the sheer cliffs were closed because of peregrine falcons’ nests. The peregrine falcons’ nests are sensitive to disturbances from any predator. The area had closed March first before reopening recently. Though they’re no […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Part of State Route 9 will be closed in Zion National Park for improvements starting today. A majority of the work will be at night and is not expected to impact daytime visitors. Work will last through next week and the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway will […]
(St. George, UT) — Anyone planning to visit Zion National Park this weekend needs to be prepared to have a lot of people with them. The National Park Service is warning there will be a lot of guests there for Labor Day. In recent Labor Day weekends, the park has […]
