Aron Ralston had set out for a carefree desert hike through Blue John Canyon in Southeastern Utah when, with no warning, he had descended into hell. The young man's arm was trapped by an 800-pound ...

In the new film 127 Hours, actor James Franco plays Aron Ralston, the Colorado adventurer who was trapped by a boulder in Utah’s Blue John Canyon. Ralston freed himself after five days by ...

Desolation Canyon's rapids remain its main draw. The waters rarely run too low, making any visit a potential win. The river's forgiving start, a sauntering flow at Sand Wash, builds up as you make ...

The part of the Aron Ralston story that everyone knows – Ralston amputating half of his right arm to free himself from a boulder in Utah’s Blue John Canyon – is the most anticipated scene in “127 ...

Blue John Canyon gained international notoriety thanks to the 2010 movie “127 Hours,” which depicts the misadventure of Aron Ralston who amputated his own arm after it got pinned under a ...

Blue John Canyon, Utah – We had been back in camp for about half an hour when the Bureau of Land Management ranger pulled up just before 7 p.m. and asked ... “That put this place on the map.

The state of Utah will need to make multiple land deals to build a proposed gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon. If built, the state-funded gondola would carry skiers to up the 8-mile canyon to ...

Next, it's time to visit the unique and spectacularly vibrant Bryce Canyon National Park. It's one of Utah's "Mighty Five" national parks, and has landscapes so remarkable they will make you feel like ...

Aron Ralston set out for a carefree desert hike through Blue John Canyon in Utah when his arm was trapped by an 800-pound boulder. He was forced to make an unimaginable decision in order to ...

He is in Utah’s Blue John Canyon when he falls down a narrow canyon, and his arm is pinned by a large chalkstone boulder. He watches as his fingers turn blue and gray from insufficient blood ...

Hiking his way through a 3-foot-wide section of Utah's Blue John Canyon, Aron Ralston had no warning before the giant boulder shifted onto him, pinning his right arm in a crack in the canyon wall.

Simon Beaufoy, screenwriter of '127 Hours’, tells how he captured the loneliness of Utah's Blue John Canyon, where Aron Ralston was trapped.