Canyoneering Hazards: Avoiding Flash Floods & Other Problems

These storms can be extremely dangerous, especially around slot canyons and dry washes where a flood can hit hours after rain fell miles away

Canyoneering Hazards: Avoiding Flash Floods & Other Problems Flash flood from cloudburst 15 miles away fills narrow Antelope Canyon, Ariz, with wall of water 11 feet high, trapping 12 hikers;

These storms can be extremely dangerous, especially around slot canyons and dry washes where a flood can hit hours after rain fell miles away

flash slot machine A stream flows through a remote slot canyon near Moab, Utah

Although Utah's river canyons are typically mild, flash floods can occur and are dangerous when they do Zion National Park has had some flood

flash flood slot canyon On August 12, 1997 this is exactly what happened Twelve people were exploring Antelope Canyon when suddenly, an 11-foot wall of water descended

Two young girls died in a flash flood that hit slot canyons near Goblin Valley on Monday, taking a toll on not only the family but search and