Some friends from church recommended a couple hikes to us one of them being Corona Arch. So I look it up on the lousy campground WiFi and see that it seems to meet all the criteria for our family: reasonable distance (3 miles round trip), dog friendly and FREE (as in beer…like Corona). The trailhead is about 10 miles outside of town and we had no problem finding a place to park. It was a little chilly as we started out in the shade but the clear blue skies promised that it would warm up quickly. Sheba was so happy to get to be on a real hike instead of having to stay in the parking lot like she did in the national park.
It was a really beautiful hike to the arch. There were quite a few other hikers but nothing like our Delicate Arch experience. We passed a pretty amazing collection of cairns, we scaled a steep cabled section and climbed a ladder up another part. Sheba had no problems….like she may be part mountain goat.
The arch itself is really impressive. During my research I realized that I had seen this arch before in this video about people who use it as a giant rope swing. They have recently banned roped activities on the arch as there have been some accidents. The video is pretty trippy but seeing the arch in person made my tail bone tingle as I imagined those nut job rope artists dangling off the rock.
It got pretty warm as we returned to the truck but it was a great way to spend the morning and made us nice and hungry for lunch back at the rig. Here are a few pictures of the hike.
Hobo
Sheba sniffing
Green in the desert
Sheba is loving it
Wach shadow
Cactus hunter
Cable
Cairn city
Rock climb
Resting
Holes
Bow tie arch
Bow tie arch
Under the arch
Corona
Shady spot to rest
Hoooorah
Arch support
Grrrrrrr
I got this
She makes it look easy
Wachs rock walk
Kids in the canyon
Slickrock
Flowers
Swirls
Kids in the shade