This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2015, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Farmington • Farmington Canyon will be closed while crews knock down loose debris from canyon walls following the fall of a five-ton boulder.

The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports that a Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest road crew is working to clear the area after blasting the fallen boulder Tuesday.

The boulder is about the size of a Volkswagen and fell off the canyon wall Sunday, landing in the middle of the Farmington Canyon Road. No one was hurt, and crews pushed it out of the way using a bulldozer.

Davis County Sheriff's Emergency manager Ellis Bruch says the canyon is dangerous.

Bruch says there are about 10 daily vehicle trips through the canyon on weekdays and heavy traffic from trail runners and bicyclists on the weekend.