Roads closed as rescue crews save canyoner in Zion National Park
Sep 18, 2022, 7:14 PM | Updated: Feb 13, 2023, 2:50 pm
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah — A canyoner needed help from rescue crews, causing roads to shut down in Zion National Park Sunday afternoon.
According to the spokesman with Zion National Park, Jonathon Shafer, the canyoner needed to be raised from a gallery in Pine Creek canyon at approximately 2 p.m.
Zion-Mt.Carmel Highway is closed from the East Entrance to Canyon Junction due to an ongoing rescue operation.
Zion Canyon Scenic Drive and shuttle operations are not affected.
— Zion National Park (@ZionNPS) September 18, 2022
While Zion Park Search & Rescue teams helped the canyoner, Mt. Carmel Highway was closed for about an hour.
Shafer did not know why the canyoner needed rescue or their injuries.