Well after nightfall on a recent Friday, I steered my sedan through a barren patch of desert in southeastern Utah. Outside the windows, juniper, pinon and sage jerked in the wind. No headlights lit ...

Andrew Skurka is a professional backpacker and author of The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide. Cedar Mesa is an uninhabited 400-square-mile plateau with elevations ranging from 4,500 to 7,000 feet above ...

Frontier Airlines offers connecting flights from Reagan National to Moab, Utah. United offers connecting flights from BWI Marshall and Dulles International. The Bureau of Land Management’s Kane Gulch ...

Imagine this: The sun is starting to set behind Utah's red rock cliffs. You're all set for sleeping under the stars near one of the "Mighty Five" national parks, which include Arches National Park, ...

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Hiking Owl Canyon in southeastern Utah, I reach a dry waterfall too steep to descend, forcing me to explore both sides of the canyon in search of a path down. I find a route that funnels me back into ...

The gnats and mosquitos were out in force that mid-June evening at our campsite, as was the Indian paintbrush, the penstemon, globe mallow and other wildflowers whose names I don’t know. The long ...