But it’s surprisingly easy to escape the hustle of the strip for a day by visiting Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, a stunning expanse of desert vistas, which lies just a stone’s ...

(Photo: Utah State Historical Society) Evidence of more technical rock climbing in Utah picks up in the 1930s, centering around Big Cottonwood Canyon, according to Kirk Huffaker, a historian ...

Ted Wilson stops at a clearing along a shady path near the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon ... to its abundance of rock protrusions dubbed chickenheads — created a climbing revolution in ...

Strength and will. The lasting qualities at Eldorado Canyon today. “It’s one of the gems of North American rock climbing,” Bartlett says. “That’s depending on your point of view.