Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah has great hiking trails to explore. Horseback is the new way that allows you to take in all that Bryce Canyon has to offer. picked by arrch8 2 years ago

Grand Canyon park rangers are under orders to avoid offending fundamentalist Christians when asked how old the Grand Canyon is. picked by jasefifty1 2 years ago

This year, people will get to see the Grand Canyon in a new way. A new horseshoe-shaped glass bridge will extend, or stretch out, over the edge of the canyon picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Indian leaders and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin awaited their chance Tuesday to walk beyond the edge of the Grand Canyon during opening ceremonies for a glass-bottom observation deck that lets tourists gaze deep into the chasm. picked by diva0714 1 year ago

Transparent "Skywalk" was built in Great Canyon, Arizona. Looks very scary, almost like a part of some theme park. picked by moebel 1 year ago

As if a donkey ride down the canyon wasn't scary enough. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Construction crews spent two years building the walkway. They drilled steel anchors 46 feet into the limestone rim to hold the deck in place. Earlier this month, they welded the Skywalk to the anchors after pushing it past the edge using four tractor trailers and an elaborate system of pulleys. picked by super 1 year ago

The Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah is the world's largest man-made excavation, and is big enough to be seen by from space.
Plimates, be sure to check out the "amazing facts" link as well, eh. picked by chinook 6 days ago

A vast underwater valley the size of the Grand Canyon. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

In the 911 call, Mark Newby calmly told dispatch that his wife was bucked off her horse and was lying at the bottom of a canyon. For family and friends of Sue Newby, the story of an accident never added up. picked by muppet 2 months ago

PAGE, Arizona (ABC 4 News) - Water will blast out of four outlet jets at the Glen Canyon Dam next week at a rate of 41,000 cubic feet per second. That’s four to five times normal. It will create a man-made flood -- only the 3rd such flood on the Colorado River in the last 12 years. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

New geological evidence indicates the Grand Canyon may be so old that dinosaurs once lumbered along its rim, according to a study by researchers. The team used a technique known as radiometric dating to show the Grand Canyon may have formed more than 55 million years ago, pushing back its assumed origins by 40 million to 50 million years. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

The body of a man believed to have fallen off the edge of the Grand Canyon has been recovered from approximately 300 feet below the rim at an undeveloped view point on the South Rim. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

The path of the pre–Grand Canyon Colorado River and how it came to its present course off the Colorado Plateau and into the lowlands of the Basin and Range have been debated for decades. Solving the problem of how the river came to flow off the plateau is key to understanding the formation of Earth's most famous erosional landscape—the Grand Canyon region. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Real people, real plunges. Sections include "Plunge of the Month", "Plunges of Note" and first person testimonials from plungees. picked by mitzuzake 9 months ago

Sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Nebeker says it appears Heaton survived the jump, but succumbed to the elements in the canyon.

ironic? perhaps. picked by muppet 5 months ago

A wildlife biologist at Grand Canyon National Park most likely died from the plague contracted while performing a necropsy on a mountain lion that later tested positive for the disease, officials said Friday. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

The discovery of a new genus of a tiny booklouse from a northern Arizona cave may lead to further protection for cave ecosystems. picked by mutil8or 4 months ago

the California Department of Forestry will announce shortly that the massive Santiago Canyon Fire - which has caused an estimated $10 million in damage - is being officially declared an arson. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

I get dizzy just watching this video on the Grand Canyon skywalk. This is one place I must visit before I die. picked by myrthachang 1 year ago