{openx:6}On the southeast corner of the marvelous San Rafael Swell in central Utah lies Goblin Valley State Park. Hidden here is an otherworldly valley and photographer’s paradise, filled with mushroom-shaped and goblin-topped hoodoos, sandstone boulders rounded and perched atop narrow pedestals. Goblin Valley is located in a remote spot in the desert, tucked between the [...]

The warm waters and sandy beaches of Yuba State Park are what draw people from all over the West to visit. With great hiking, fantastic off-road ATV trails, biking, fishing and camping and boat-in camping, this park is very popular with outdoor enthusiasts and water recreationists. Two boat ramps, one at Yuba State Park and [...]

Rainbow Bridge National Monument in the Southwest U.S. is unquestionably one of the sites you should see while visiting. An extraordinary natural wonder sitting astride Bridge Canyon on Utah’s southern border, this portal is a gateway to a maze of canyons to the north. This great arc of sandstone is the world’s largest natural bridge [...]

Sundance Ski Resort, nestled at the base of Mt. Timpanogos in the Wasach Mountains of Utah, was created by actor/entrepreneur Robert Redford. The view from the summit of neighboring Uinta Peaks rivals the view from any resort in the West. With 450 acres of ski terrain, it is rather small compared to many ski resorts, [...]

Kodachrome Basin State Park is a fantasy world of massive sandstone chimneys that change color depending on the mood of the day and the natural light, from gray and white to shades of red. The quiet beauty of the area makes it a popular location to see if you are traveling in the Southwest U.S. [...]

In 2002, the XIX Winter Olympic Games took place in Salt Lake City at numerous venues less than 60 minutes drive from the heart of downtown. Happily, most of these venues are open to the public and offer some of the finest skiing and winter sports opportunities in the world. If winter sports are your [...]

If you love the raw desert beauty of the Southwest, then Coyote Buttes might be the most gorgeous place on earth for you. Carved sandstone cliffs, buttes, waves and other unique formations cover the landscape in this remote region of southeastern Utah. The multi-colored rocks — in all shades of browns, oranges, yellows, whites, pinks, [...]

The Wave, located in the Coyote Buttes area of Utah, is a multi-colored chute that has been cut into a sandstone mountain. Brightly colored bands of sandstone twist and undulate, like Technicolor waves on the ocean, which is how it earned its name. The hike to The Wave is, without a doubt, one of the [...]

Covering 1.9 million acres, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is one of the largest parks in the country. This multi-hued landscape can be divided into three regions: The Canyons of Escalante, The Grand Staircase and the Kaiparowits Plateau. A geologic sampler with a huge variety of formations, features, and world-class paleontological sites, visitors will be [...]

On the border of Utah and Wyoming, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is filled with stunning scenery; green hills, red rock mountains and clear waters. Steep crimson-colored walls give the gorge its most appropriate name and capture the waters of the Green River into a Flaming Gorge Lake — a reservoir that extends for 91 [...]