UGA program opens up mountains, valleys for study Sep 3, 2008
Lindsay Ethridge, Schroeder and Agustina Hein hug a tree in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah ... Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Poverty Point National Monument in Louisiana, Death Valley in California and the Las Vegas strip in Nevada were just some of the stops along the way during the 56-day trip. (Athens Banner-Herald)
GPS navigation steers Utah tourists into trouble Aug 6, 2008
They used a global positioning device to plot out a backcountry route Saturday from Bryce Canyon National Park to the Grand Canyon. But the device couldn't tell how rough the roads were. (USA Today -- Travel)
Teenagers were screaming as bus overturned in Utah Jul 19, 2008
PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) The driver of a tour bus that crashed near Bryce Canyon National Park was cited for drifting out of his lane of traffic, the Utah Highway Patrol said Friday. The bus went off the highway, flipped over and landed upside down in a creek bed Thursday. (NJ.com -- News)
Several teenagers injured in Utah bus crash Jul 18, 2008
PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) A tour bus went off a state highway near Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah, landing upside down in a creek bed and catching fire Thursday. At least five people aboard the bus were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, and most were treated and released, said Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden said. (NJ.com)
Inflation squeezes retirees as more seniors downsize dreams Jul 1, 2008
Now parked at a campground near Mount Rushmore, they'd like to visit Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah this summer. But with gas prices topping $4 a gallon, they aren't sure it's affordable anymore. (USA Today -- Money)
Map out trip to Utah online Apr 4, 2008
If you take the road east out of Zion, continue over to U.S. 89 and turn left for an easy drive about 40 miles north to the turnoff on Utah 12 to Bryce Canyon National Park famed for its landscape and a view east across the canyon lands of southern Utah. Spend a day driving through the park, take a canyon trail ride by horse or mule, or try a variety of hiking trails rated from easy to strenuous (especially since the elevation rises over 9,000 feet). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Use the Web to plan a trip to S.W. Utah Mar 29, 2008
If you take the road east out of Zion, continue over to U.S. 89 and turn left for an easy drive about 40 miles north to the turnoff on Utah 12 to Bryce Canyon National Park www. nps. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Red rocks and snow Dec 29, 2007
-- As December storms paint Bryce Canyon National Park with fresh snow, you won't find a more beautiful winter landscape anywhere in the world ... Although it took millions of years to form the red-orange limestone labyrinth of Bryce Canyon National Park, in winter it takes only one day and a good storm to make this ancient place look new again. (CNN -- Travel)
National park sights featured on White House ornaments Dec 21, 2007
Daniel Cloud, who works as the chief of maintenance for Bryce Canyon National Park, painted Thor's Hammer, Natural Bridge and the Douglas fir trees of Wall Street (a slot canyon on the Navajo Loop Trail) on the ornament from that park. Kristy Ferguson, a maintenance worker at Timpanogos Cave National Monument, painted formations from the cave on an ornament that site submitted for the White House Christmas tree. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Colorful rock formations make Bryce Canyon a hiker's heaven Aug 28, 2007
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Utah -- A few years down the road I want to be like Jack Wells. I met Jack, who's 82, and his wife, Kathi, 67, a few weeks ago at the bottom of the Queens Garden Trail, where I had stopped for a breath and a drink of water and to jot some notes. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More of this story Jul 28, 2007
But now the darkness that made Los Angeles the center of astronomical exploration is a threatened resource, banished to remote places like Bryce Canyon National Park. Each June, in fact, park rangers host an astronomy program that offers tens of thousands of visitors a glimpse of what the rest of the nation has lost. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Memorial Day: Avoid the crowds and explore some out-of-way places May 24, 2007
Ray Grass, Deseret Morning NewsBryce Canyon National Park A little further east is the Great Western Trail ... Other popular hikes include Lower Calf Creek, located along scenic state Route 12, which also passes Bryce Canyon National Park, to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Adams Canyon in East Layton, Wind Cave outside Logan, Mount Olympus east of Salt Lake City and Kings Peak, Utah's highest mountain, in the Uintas. (Deseret News)
Seventh-Seeded Pioneers Travel to NCAA West Regional Looking to Make School History May 13, 2007
With a population approaching 100,000 people, St. George has 300 sunny days per year and is located close to Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park. Tournament Format: Fifty-four holes of stroke play golf over three days of competition shall decide the team and individual champions. (Denverpioneers.com)
Danger, danger: Utah's rugged terrain invites disaster when you're not fit and prepared Mar 4, 2007
Brent McGinn, spokesman for Bryce Canyon National Park, said he believes dehydration is the No. 1 problem at Bryce. "Most visitors who get into trouble have hydration issues," he said. (Deseret News)
CERCA : Experiencing the other side of Zion Feb 25, 2007
To the south, we could see the forest-covered Kaibab Plateau, home of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon; to the east, the white, pink and brown Navajo sandstone of the White Cliffs; and to the northeast, the brilliant orange and reds of the southern tip of Bryce Canyon National Park. We joined some local friends for dinner at the resort's Buffalo Grill. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
CERCA: Footloose at 8,000 Feet Jan 28, 2007
Colleen Bathe, chief of interpretation at Bryce Canyon National Park, won't forget the first time she looked over the eastern rim of the Paunsaugunt Plataeau ... Location: Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, about 242 miles northeast of Las Vegas ... After 14 miles, turn right on Utah Route 63, for three miles, to Bryce Canyon National Park Entrance. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
