Although the miners eventually departed, their roads remain. The Loop, a double oxbow in Canyonlands, highlights the Colorado River’s power to carve its own path. The walls of this dramatic ...

Under a blue moon at the confluence of the Green and Colorado rivers, I was exhausted but exhilarated: I’d just completed the first swim of the Colorado River through Utah’s Canyonlands ...

Those who love the Dolores River canyonlands agree — the swath of rugged land along Colorado’s western border is one of the state’s last, best wild places. The tract encompasses staggering ...