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| Hiking | 2.47 Miles |
418 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.47 Miles | 1 Hour 14 Mns | | 2.06 mph |
| 418 ft AEG | 2 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This was an evening add-on after our day trip on the Tramway-Maxwell Loop. A very worthy addition when you're in the area.
The arch is pretty impressive. I'm surprised it doesn't get more visitation. Perhaps because it has no official name, and the trail is just labeled Wilson Crossing. We thought Keyhole Arch would be appropriate.
The trailhead is marked only by a single FS trail slat, and would probably go unnoticed if one wasn't looking for it. Likewise, the "trail" is pretty undefined for most of the route, but just parallels the fence line to a gated area. Once through the gate, the route drops into the canyon and becomes a little more defined. Along this section, a glance back to the right reveals first views of the arch.
Once in the canyon bottom, we abandoned the trail and just rock hopped (no water) to the base of the arch.
With more time, I might have tried to bushwhack up under the arch, but there were a lot of bushes to whack, and we were short on daylight. Likewise on the way out, it seemed possible to cross country over to the top of the arch, but time did not permit exploring that option. |
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