North America's longest via ferrata is packing Vernal hotels, but Ashley Valley water officials warn the climb sits right above the drinking supply for 30,000 people.

Four yurts and primitive campsites are bookable now at the former Savage River Lodge, with free public access to 55,000 acres of forest.

Great Rivers Greenway and the Saint Louis Zoo tucked 300 hand-painted rocks along Rock Hollow Trail, including two depicting an endangered bumblebee.