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| Hiking | 9.86 Miles |
1,427 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.86 Miles | 4 Hrs 36 Mns | | 2.31 mph |
| 1,427 ft AEG | 20 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Happy New Year from Arches NP!
The main event for our second day in Arches was the full look around Devil's Garden.
After a "sunrise" visit to the Windows section during some morning rain/snow (the weather app referred to it as "wintery mix"), we drove out to the DG trailhead.
We donned our ponchos, but ended up taking them off less than a mile into the trail. The moisture stopped, and while overcast and a bit on the nippy side, the rest of the hike was fine on the weather front.
We took the short side jaunts to Pine Tree and Tunnel Arches; gawked at Landscape Arch--the longest arch in N. America, and walked by the rumble of Wall Arch which collapsed in August 2008.
Took more side jaunts to Partition and Navajo Arches, and continued on to Double-O Arch (my favorite on the loop).
From there, we took the spur out to the Dark Angel Monolith, and circled back, visiting Private Arch (beyond which you can go out to a lovely overlook of the valley and Dark Arch--highly recommend).
The trail itself involves a little route finding and some walking along somewhat narrow fins. At one spot, there is an unavoidable pool. It has been frozen over earlier in the day, but the ice had broken through when we got there, necessitating a sacrificial wet foot (mine) to get across and throw in enough branches to get others across.
We came by group of 6-7 white-tailed deer on the final part of the loop.
A lovely area, and the "primitive" trail allows more solitude (most of the casual tourists only go to Landscape Arch and back). |
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