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| | Hiking | 8.00 Miles | 4 Hrs | | 2.46 mph |
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| no partners | | Our trek through Utah continues. I have no idea how to capture this other than to stick it here. On the way from Bryce to Moab we decided to drive on Rt 12 to Rt 24 and then up to the main highway, maybe 70?. Would NEVER want to do this in the Winter!!! 
I HIGHLY recommend this driving route to ANYONE. It added about maybe an hour to the trip but it was CRAZY worth it. The views, the desolation and the drive were stunning. At one point we were at almost 11,000 feet - driving thru a winding road of a forest. Then we began descending - but not until we drove on a knife edge ridge for quite awhile with no guardrails to protect you from veering off the road and several hundred feet to a certain death - just too cool. Ansel even said I was more worried driving that road than I was going up and down Angels landing with all the crazies! Just an awesome drive.
We pulled into Arches early - stopped at Fiery Furnace to gaze upon it and then headed over to the Devils loop - managed to see 8 natural arches - 7 up close and the Dark Angel spire rising out of the desert. We were treated with 2 people ascending the spire so we stopped and had a bite while watching them.....better than TV by far!
Even though it was early there were loads of people out and about - most of the Arches we were the only people there but they must have been following us!! Because they would gather round once we stopped to take pixs. At each Arch we wandered around a bit exploring the area. The sun was full on and it felt awesome - we had plenty of water and the hike was short so I wasn't worried. What did worry me was the amount of parents dragging totally uninterested small children around - we saw a few near misses of kids almost tumbling off a ridge. Not too cool parents! 
About 1/4 of the hike was through sand and the remaining was either rock or slick rock. About 1/2 way to Dark Angel there was a decent fun section of slightly exposed slick rock - had some peeps turning around but really wasn't anything too crazy. - took the primitive route back after we went out to Dark Angel.
A fun lil hike with a bit o slip rock included! |
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