Landscape Arch, Double O Arch and the Primitive Trail Moab, Utah Day 3

[Girl Hiker]

I woke up early and drove to the Devils Garden Campground, which is located at the very tail end of the Arches National Park. What a difference in pictures when the sun is shining on the rocks! I had spent the last two days under the gloomy skies with the sun going in 'n out. It lightly rained the second day I was in the park. Today was a nice, hot day. This was my favorite and by far the coolest trail of them all. There were lots of arches to see, Landscape and Double O Arches being the main attractions, with the option of doing a loop hike on the Primitive trail that was actually strenuous. I decided to do the loop hike which was about 8 miles.



The first two Arches are the Tunnel and.......



Pine Tree Arch.



Pine Tree Arch.





Landscape Arch.



After Landscape Arch, you have the option of continuing on to Double O Arch and climbing over a cool rock. Lots of tourists turned around at this point. They were discouraged and thought that the remainder of the trail was going to involve lots of rock climbing. However, that wasn't entirely true. After Double O Arch, that's where the real fun begins as you continue on to the Primitive Trail.

Under the Navajo Arch.

On top of another cool rock behind the Navajo Arch.

Partition Arch.

Double O Arch.

The Fins and another rock I had to scramble over to descend back into the canyon to complete the loop.

[Sean]

This report is the very archetype of a modern major archway.