Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona (most of it, along with Rainbow Bridge, is in Utah). It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet (30 km³) of water when full. Lake Powell was created by the flooding of Glen Canyon by the controversia...

Leprechaun Canyon is located in the North Wash section of Utah. The first part of the canyon before the fork is nice for a casual slot canyon hike but then narrows even more which will require canyoneering skills. As you get towards the junction where the east and forks come in, the canyon will narrow down and form subway like sections, make sure to bring your camera....

Logan Canyon is a canyon that cuts its way through the Bear River Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range, in northeastern Utah. The canyon is popular for both summer and winter activities, especially rock-climbing, hiking, camping, fishing, snowmobiling, and skiing, at the Beaver Mountain ski resort. The canyon rises to an elevation of approximately 7,800 ft (2,400 ...

Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation, and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163. The area is part of the Colorado Plateau. The floor is largely Cutler Red siltstone or its sand...

Muley Point is a remote, scenic overlook in southern Utah near Mexican Hat. The view provides panoramic vistas of the desert landscape of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Monument Valley is visible in the distance while the San Juan River cuts into the canyon below. It's really worth the effort to get here! This is a peaceful isolated place that has few visitors, ...

The narrows of Blue John Canyon are some of the best anywhere in the Southwest. Blue John Canyon is a slot canyon in eastern Wayne County, Utah, southwest of the Horseshoe Canyon Unit of Canyonlands National Park and 42 miles south of Green River. It is a tributary of Horseshoe Canyon, running northeastwards from the Robbers Roost Flats. The canyon is deep with branc...

Natural Bridges National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 50 miles (80 km) north west of the Four Corners boundary of southeast Utah, in the western United States, at the junction of White Canyon and Armstrong Canyon, part of the Colorado River drainage. It features the eighth largest natural bridge in the world, carved from the white Permian sandsto...

Park City, Utah is the home of the Park City Mountain Resort as the world famous ski area is known. The massive ski resort presents nine bowls, eight peaks (the summit is 3,050 metres), over 100 trails, 13 groomed advanced specialty runs, terrain parks (even a lighted one) and the incredible “Homerun” ski run that is over 5.5 km in length . Park City Mount...

Rainbow Bridge National Monument is administered by Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, southern Utah, USA. Rainbow Bridge is often described as the world's highest natural bridge. The span of Rainbow Bridge was reported in 1974 by the Bureau of Reclamation to be 275 feet , but a laser measurement in 2007 has resulted in a span of 234 feet . At the top it is 42 feet...

Snow Canyon State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, featuring a canyon carved from the red and white Navajo sandstone in the Red Mountains. The park is located near Ivins, Utah in Washington County. Other geological features of the state park include extinct cinder cones, lava tubes, lava flows, and sand dunes. Two canyons, West Canyon and Snow Canyon, begin side-by-...

Little Cottonwood Canyon lies within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest along the eastern side of the Salt Lake Valley, roughly 15 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah. The canyon is part of Granite, a CDP and “Community Council” designated by Salt Lake County. The canyon is a glacial trough ("U" shaped canyon), carved by an alpine glacier during the ...

Canyons Resort is one of three alpine ski resorts located in Park City, Utah. With 19 chairlifts and over 4000 acres (14 km²) of skiable terrain, Canyons is the largest ski resort in Utah. The base area is located 32 miles (51 km) from the Salt Lake City International Airport, accessed via Interstate 80, and is four miles (7 km) from Main Street in Park City, alo...

The View Hotel is a Navajo owned business located within the Navajo Nation and the Navajo Tribal park at Monument Valley. Opened in December 2008, we feature carefully designed accommodations that serve the needs of visitors from around the world while blending with the environment so as not to detract from the beauty of Monument Valley. Our three floors provide 95 ro...

Timpanogos Cave National Monument is a cave system in the Wasatch Mountains in American Fork Canyon near American Fork, Utah, in the United States. The 1.5 mile trail to the cave is steep at several points, but paved and wide, so the cave opening is accessible to most. Tours are run when the monument is open, usually from May through October depending on snow conditio...

Upheaval Dome is an impact structure, the deeply eroded remnants of an impact crater, in Canyonlands National Park near the town of Moab, Utah, in the United States. It is approximately 5 km in diameter and the crater is estimated to be less than 170 million years old (Jurassic or younger.) The crater is clearly visible on the surface as bright brown and black concent...