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| Hiking | 5.19 Miles |
726 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.19 Miles | 2 Hrs 29 Mns | | 2.40 mph |
| 726 ft AEG | 19 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | We picked this one as short hike for a break on a drive up to southern Utah. I'd hiked to Birthday Arch ~6 years ago and remembered it as a short, easy hike worthy of another visit. We parked along the south side of Highway 89 and passed through a gate in the barbed wire fence, then it was easy hiking in Buck Tank Draw.
There are a few small ledges/pour-offs that we had to climb up or navigate around, but nothing too strenuous. The wash was dry with the exception of a one muddy area under the largest pour-off that we went around. We eventually left the draw for the short climb over to the canyon wall under the arch and took a break in the shade there. [ youtube video ]
I didn't go up to the top of the arch last time and wanted to check that out, so I followed a fairly obvious use trail around the southwest side and up to the top of the cliffs. There were a few potholes with some water on the way over to the arch, and the views were even better views up there. [ youtube video ]
We had the arch to ourselves but did see two people hiking up the draw on the way out. They seemed concerned about the difficulty and mentioned having to climb up the ledges on the way in, but the worst was behind them at that point. Nice to get back to this one again and see the arch from a different angle this time. |
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