At least 16 people have died at the park this year, including five fatalities in August alone. No single factor is to blame, but several deaths have followed stretches of extreme weather.

Arizona woman Janelle Banda rescued after three days missing in canyon near "Edge of the World" campsite, found dehydrated with minor injuries by Coconino County Sheriff's search teams.

Wildfires raging near the Grand Canyon's North Rim have prompted evacuations, air quality concerns and the closure of the North Rim of the national park.. The White Sage Fire started July 9 when ...

Two other hikers have died in the Grand Canyon in recent weeks. A 41-year-old man was found unresponsive on the Bright Angel Trail on June 16 and attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

Tensions around flooding the Grand Canyon are likely to continue between environmentalists, government and electricity producers. Update 5/30/25, 05:15 a.m. ET: This story has been updated with a ...

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, about 260 miles southwest of Denver, closed Thursday morning after lightning sparked blazes on both rims, the park said.

The city had issued a similar declaration just weeks earlier on April 26, after an EF-1 tornado with winds estimated up to 110 mph touched down in Canyon’s Madison Park neighborhood on April 25 ...

Concrete is pumped across the creek onto the new trail of Clear Creek Canyon Park on the west side of Tunnel 1 on US-6 in Golden, Colorado on Friday, May 2, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver ...

Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in the United States, likely got rapidly carved 2.1 million years ago when a shifting landscape in Idaho caused a giant lake to start overflowing.