Utah News spotted this story published November 5, 2026 at St. George News. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.
For more than 50 years, thousands of off-road riders and hikers have crossed a broad, bare depression at Three Peaks Recreation Area. Sagebrush grew back. The city built a water tank. Pieces of metal stayed half-buried in the dirt. But few people passing through knew the Air Force had once set off an enormous explosion here.