Day 3 - Hiking
Upon return the four of us
drove back into Arches National Park to hike the Devil’s Garden trail. Although
I absolutely loved the Delicate Arch hike on Day 1, the Devil’s Garden proved
to be the hiking highlight of the entire trip – multiple arches, incredible
rock formations at every turn, wonderful hiking and even a little scrambling!
Typical terrain on the early morning scramble
Scenery at the top of the plateau
Looking down on the Colorado River
The campground we stayed at
More of Moab
Back in Arches National Park
The Skyline Arch is clearly visible from the road
The Tunnel Arch is seen early in the hike
Nicole approaches the Pine Tree Arch
The Landscape Arch is world famous, as it is the 5th longest arch on the planet
Karen and Nicole
Nicole gets some bouldering practice
So does Evan
Nicole in a rock window
Approaching the Double O Arch. Someone is walking across the top of the upper arch
Nicole heading towards the bottom arch
The Double O Arch is definitely one of the most impressive in the park
Note the family that has hiked to the other side
Nicole scrambles up to the top of the Double O Arch
At the top
We decided to forgo the walk over the arch to the other side. To quote one of my favourite lines from the brilliant movie The Shawshank Redemption,
"Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes,
really....pressure....and time....". That arch will someday fall and I
wouldn't want to be on it when it does!
Back down, looking through the big O
Hiking over to the rock pinnacle called Dark Angel, at the far left
Dark Angel
Stunningly beautiful rock
Evan checks out the climbing routes - they are hard!!!
More scenes from this incredible hike
Owl Rock. There is a 5.8 climbing route to the top.
continue to DAY 4