As well traveled across Arizona as I am — I put 18,000 miles on my truck last year and it never left the state — there are plenty of places I've not yet been. For example, I've barely scratched the ...

The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs are a treasured national monument admired by so many, are nothing short of spectacular. Yet this geological wonder with its deep red coloring often isn't at the top ...

A lone hiker is dwarfed by the walls of Buckskin Gulch near Kanab, Utah. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Buckskin Gulch is a gnarly rip in the desert that cuts a ragged path along the ...

KANAB — At first glance, the desert landscape of southern Utah seems like a sweeping, sun-baked canvas — wide open and endless. But tucked deep within its sandstone folds are narrow slivers of magic: ...

Lay your eyes on a desert canyon, and there's a good chance you will be seduced by the spellbinding way that the bands of sun-kissed rock, often in shades of red and pink and sandy gold, rise all ...

Within a day’s drive of Durango is a solitary dome of sunny, colorful sandstone: Yellow Rock. Neo-acrylic splashes, swirls and snakes of color surpass the normal confines of nature. Slickrock lovers ...

(CNN) — At first glance, the desert landscape of Southern Utah seems like a sweeping, sun-baked canvas — wide open and endless. But tucked deep within its sandstone folds are narrow slivers of magic: ...