Roman went hiking May 21, 2011 3.5 miles 750 feet gained

Short hikes in the Arches Nat'l Park

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Went with my family to Arches/Canyonlands for a week. We managed 3 short hikes today: 1. around N and S Window arches (they are huge - i got people under onr of them for a scale), 2. We got "lost" for half an hour trying to make a short cut to the trail to Delicate Arch(had to park 1/4 mile down the road due to overfilled parking and didn't want to go along the road) but it never connected to the main trail, and 3. because we hadn't enough time before sunset to give that longer trail another try we hiked a short trail which goes to a viewpoint of Delicate Arch on the other side of a narrow canyon. Good first day, Canyonlands tomorrow!

the people for the scale this is a popular place to watch sunset (see how mant people to the laft of the arch). We could hear the cheers from half a mile awat when the sun came out of clouds and lighted the arch) sunset

Trail Talk

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Kyle Meyer · May 22, 2011

Thank you so much for posting this. I have a secret love of all things Utah and this is a place I haven't been yet. Image five is a simply stunning photo.

Roman · May 23, 2011

Thanks Kyle! I will write trip reports from Southern Utah every day for the next week :) All of Red Rock Country is simply stunning, been to Arches once before (it's small park and it's possible to hike all trails in one long day but I recommend more time because here's so much photo ops), and once to Bryce and Zion. You may see my last year's trip report on portlandhikers: http://www.portlandhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4857&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=44114c279d0a86b6bc27ac9524f3e6dd.