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| | Hiking | 6.40 Miles | 10 Hrs 14 Mns | | 0.81 mph |
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| no partners | | Three years ago I made it to the Arch twice.
Once alone and a second time to bring C and a waterproof register box to replace the one that was leaking.
Perfect Day for this hike.
Cool, clouds, breezy, enough water to make the waterfalls interesting.
Left with 2 gallons of water between us and came back with less than a quart.
9:15 -Left the truck.
9:22 – Over turned truck
9:29 – Dam
10:10 – First rest – To north there are two slender columns in the rock high on the ridge
Rest 8 min
10:35 – “X” rock
10:41- below butte 4833 – rested 14 minutes
11:13 – below cave
11:49 – found ID from Venzuela – rested 15 min
12:18 – first pot holes
12:39 – Missing boulder – leave canyon here – rested 20 minutes
1:00 – left the canyon –
1:31 – Bee tree
1:54 – crossed the wash right at cliffs – will keep going next time
2:12 – C at the Arch
3:15 – left arch
4:10 - back at Bee Tree
4:41 – back in canyon – Rested 4 minutes
5:30 – below cave
5:42 – Below Butte 4833-rested 10 min
6:00 – “X” Rock. Concerned about losing the light.
6:16 – at first rest area from way in.
6:51 – Dam – Dark – rested 10 min
7:12 – overturned truck
7:28 – Back at the truck
Going in:
Truck to Dam = 14 minutes
Dam to Butte = 1 hour 11 minutes
Butte to missing boulder – 1 hour and 34 minutes
Leaving canyon to Arch = 1 hour 12 minutes
Stayed at the arch = 1 hour 3 minutes – Cool and breezy
Coming back:
Arch to Canyon = 46 minutes
Canyon(missing boulder) to Butte – 45 minutes
Butte to Dam - 59 minutes
Dam to Truck – 27 minutes
Return trips are usually quicker and in this case… MUCH quicker. Fear of the dark made for a quicker pace home.
This is a good year to go to the arch because cows have cleaned up the path that leads to the creek a few hundred yards from Butte 4833. The catclaw has been beaten back really well along this leg of the hike.
In the canyon below 4833 we took the canyon to the right and hugged the drainage to the left which parallels the ridge 400-600 feet above. Much of the drainage is easy to manage.
HOWEVER, in comparing the pictures from the first travelog to the arch you can easily see that the canyon and drainage is chocked up a lot more with debris and plants.
The boulder that tells where to leave the canyon is no longer on top of the rock wall. This threw me because it is so obvious. I cant imagine someone hiking out this far just to push it over.
The waterproof box that I transferred the register to is still waterproof but I think there are some pages missing. The original papers left by John Montgomery are still there as is the juice bottle he used as a register. I think that some pages are missing because There were others who had signed.
We came across a wallet with Identification from Venezuela and a really nice Blanket. I think these have been here less than a year.
NEXT TIME
Instead of going the established way I plan to keep going up the wash to the base of the cliffs to the West. If there is a way through these trees and up the cliffs then it will lead to the same level of the Arch. Getting up into and under the arch is about the scariest part of the whole trek from the way described in other entries.
Thank you, John Montgomery. I hope you and yours are well and content. |
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