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Zion National Park received a report of rockfall near Weeping Rock on Tuesday, in the same area where a larger rockfall several years earlier forced a long-term closure of popular trail areas.
The rockfall near Weeping Rock ground up a massive dust cloud that cloaked Echo Canyon roads and disrupted traffic and bus shuttle service Tuesday, Nov. 14, park officials said in a Nov. 15 ...
Park officials in a press release said the huge rock split from Cable Rock Mountain and landed near East Rim Trail, downing several trees amid its descent. 3 injured, 1 hospitalized, after ...
Observation Point is situated at the north end of Zion Canyon, towering 2,100 feet (640 meters) above the canyon floor and the North Fork of the Virgin River which drains precipitation runoff from this viewpoint. A popular 8-mile round-trip trail climbs from the Weeping Rock trailhead along Zion Canyon Road to reach the top. [3]
Seven trails with round-trip times of half an hour (Weeping Rock) to 4 hours (Angels Landing) are found in Zion Canyon. [73] Two popular trails, Taylor Creek (4 hours round trip) and Kolob Arch (8 hours round trip), are in the Kolob Canyons section of the park, near Cedar City. [73]
From the South Entrance to Canyon Junction at the mouth of Zion Canyon the road has been reconstructed and has lost many of the characteristic features of the 1930s construction. [2] The original 1916 road, built by Park Service engineer W.O. Tufts, was a single-lane dirt road that extended as far as the Weeping Rock parking area.
Nesting Peregrine falcons inside Zion National Park prompted officials to announce they would close some of the park’s popular rock climbing spots.
Exploring the Backcountry of Zion National Park: Off-Trail Routes (revised ed.). Springdale, UT: Zion Natural History Association. ISBN 0-915630-25-7. Gregory, Herbert E. (1950). Geology and Geography of the Zion Park Region Utah and Arizona. Washington DC: United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Professional Paper 220.