Cindy Hirschfeld is an avid skier and frequent contributor to the Travel section. Thirty miles from Salt Lake City in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, the former silver-mining hub turned sporty mecca of Park ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah's Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah's Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

UTAH, USA — Experienced hiker Austin Dirks found himself in a situation many may think is an irrational fear — getting stuck in quicksand. Dirks, a 30-year-old man from Glenwood Springs, Colorado, has ...

Sheriff’s deputies rescued a number of people from a flooded RV park near Orting on Wednesday afternoon. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Swift Water Rescue Team deployed to Bill and Dan’s RV Park ...

An experienced hiker who became trapped in quicksand for hours at a famed national park in Utah on Sunday described the ordeal as "the closest I’ve ever come to dying." Austin Dirks, who has logged ...

The state of Utah has a sterling reputation for its eye-popping landscapes—just look to the “Mighty Five” national parks within its borders: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef.

The Surf City planning board approved a rezoning request for a new RV park and campground. The proposed development would include 417 individual sites on an 82.56-acre lot. Permanent residences will ...

On Nov. 12, SFGATE visited the park to document the incidents and found a dozen examples painted on and carved into the park’s famed red rocks. The vandalism was first discovered by retired National ...