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Canyonlands National Park and Delicate Arch in Arches NP
After mountain biking and eating lunch, Jordan, my parents and I drove the ~45 min to Canyonlands National Park. We didn’t have much time to spend here because we had plans to hike Delicate Arch back at Arches, so we made a quick stop at the visitor’s center and drove to the trail to Mesa Arch, one of the most popular spots in the Island in the Sky District. The trail was short, but offered some great views. You can see the La Sal Mountains in the background. What an awesome spot! There were lots of people wandering around the arch so I wanted until nobody was under it to…
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Hiking the Devil’s Garden, Arches National Park
Finally, we arrived in Moab! Not only is Moab close to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park, it is the mountain biking capital of the US! First on our to-do list while in Moab: hike the Devil’s Garden Trail in Arches National Park. The Devil’s Garden is the longest hiking trail in the park at about 7 miles RT. With side trails to many different arches and cool rock formations, it was high on my list ! At one point the trail got a little hairy. It went up and over these big slickrock ledges, with cairns marking the path. How do these arches form, you ask? According…