The river churns a muddy brown as it carries us through towering vermilion rock walls toward the roar of Gypsum Canyon Rapid. The sound of water breaking over boulders grows louder as we approach, but ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Cataract Canyon doesn’t have the scale or reputation of its sister gorge, the Grand Canyon, but this sky-reaching ravine should top any river trip list.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK — The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before ...

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You don’t see the Grand River coming. It sneaks in from the northeast, down a vaulted corridor of rock. You feel its muscular pulse first, sucker-punching you with a new surge to the current. The ...

After record-low water levels at Lake Powell, officials are working to create a temporary boat ramp to maintain water access to Cataract Canyon.

RIVER RUNNING-- The National Park Service is abandoning its normal practice of stationing rangers at a rescue camp near the most dangerous stretch of the world-renowned rapids of Utah's Cataract ...

In the morning, there is some anxiety concerning the fate of Lorenzo. His tent is a mangled ruin from the storm. The fabric has collapsed in a violent heap and the poles protrude at odd angles from ...