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“This whole area around here is just amazing,” said one of the tourists on a Pink Jeep Tour.
We caught up with the tour at a popular site called the Devil's Dining Room.
“These rocks can be quite loose and you could slip real easily and fall all the way down,” the tour guide explained to the tourists.
While it is a sight to see, it is also a potential hazard. The Devil's Dining Room is actually a sinkhole.
It is one of seven active sinkholes highlighted in a new report published by the Arizona Geological Survey.
The immediate concerns are the sandstone overhangs that could collapse at any time without warning, and the sides that could easily cave in.
“The last thing you want to hear about is a group of people or Jeep that pulled right up to the edge of a sinkhole, said Gootee. “And then you have an accident.”
State geologists agree that at the very least, signs should warn hikers of the risk.
The Forest Service told us there are no plans to put signs up at these locations.
They told ABC15 that they haven’t been asked and there is no money for the signs.
We only found one at the Devil's Kitchen which is the most active having a major collapse 15 years ago.
We also found a fence at the Devils Dining Room to stop hikers from going on the overhang.
Sounds like someone should issue a warning to French tourists (considering they've been dropping like flies, lately...)chumley wrote:“The last thing you want to hear about is a group of people or Jeep that pulled right up to the edge of a sinkhole, said Gootee. “And then you have an accident.”
