San Francisco's Glen Park Canyon was once home to the Giant Powder Company, the first dynamite factory in the United States, until it exploded in 1869.

Nearly every boat ramp on Lake Powell was unusable last spring, and there was barely enough water to sustain hydroelectric generation. One more bad snow year would have pushed the Colorado River ...

Fatality on San Juan River near Clay Hills in Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaGlen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, Ariz. – On Sunday, June 8 at appro ...

The Glen Canyon Dam holds back Colorado River water to create Lake Powell in Page, Arizona on April 15, 2023. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The ...

A toxic algal bloom has been identified in Lake Powell, a popular lake in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The ...

But Lake Powell would still stretch 100 miles into Glen Canyon at dead pool. That’s because there is a significant design flaw in the dam: There is no drain at the bottom.

(CNN) — A frequently visited arch collapsed in Rock Creek Bay in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, the National Park Service reported Friday in a news release. The “Double Arch ...

These historical morsels help non-outdoorsy types understand what river lovers lost when Glen Canyon and the Colorado River were slowly drowned by Lake Powell throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

A section of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah on Friday, the day after a double arch that had formed from ancient Navajo sandstone collapsed. The feature had been in the center of the ...

A popular arch at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area surrounding Lake Powell collapsed, officials announced Friday.