Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is located in south central Utah. Established in 1996, it encompasses about one million acres. Grand Staircase boasts some of the Southwest’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lone hiker is dwarfed by the walls of Buckskin Gulch near Kanab, Utah. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Buckskin Gulch ...

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ESCALANTE, Utah • There’s not a single cloud in the sky. I’m certain of this because my eyes are locked upward as I breathe in all of the expansiveness above while attempting to squeeze through a ...