Delicate Arch Dawn Arches National Park Moab Utah Photograph by Joan Carroll

Delicate Arch Dawn Arches National Park Moab Utah

by Joan Carroll

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Title

Delicate Arch Dawn Arches National Park Moab Utah

Artist

Joan Carroll

Medium

Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

Description

Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab Utah is a magnificent, free-standing arch recognized the world over. Delicate Arch stands above and on the side of a bowl-shaped depression. The light window beneath the arch is 46 feet high and 32 feet wide, making it the largest free-standing arch in the park. The lack of stone structures immediately around it makes the arch appear steadfast, stubborn, improbable, perilous, and frail but defiant. Maybe I absorbed some of that stubbornness as my plan to see this arch evolved! I had an 8:30 am meeting and the sun rose at about 7 so time would be tight. I first thought I’d go to the ‘easy’ overlook where you walk only 100 yards to see the arch from a mile away. Surely I could fit that in in the time allotted! Then I read that there was another viewpoint that was 0.5 mile walk with a slightly less obstructed view. So that became the plan…until….I was searching whether dawn was a good time to see the arch. I ran across a website describing the trail that went to the base of the arch. The trail is 3 miles roundtrip (with the advice to leave 2-3 hours for the hike) and many websites rated it as ‘difficult’. But one website claimed it’s only difficult if you go midday in the summer! So I became more confident that it was doable at dawn in November. Except for the tight time frame. Working backwards from my 8:30 meeting and allowing for the 30 min drive to the meeting, I figured I’d have to start the hike around 5:30 am and really haul butt if I wanted to spend even 30 min there! That was well before sunrise and I’d be alone. But I’d gone too far in my enthusiasm to give up so I figured yes, I could do it! The hardest step was the first one but I set off with my blinding tactical flashlight (which I actually had to shield a bit to keep from blinding myself). The trail was pretty well marked except for one area where I made a wrong turn. The tiniest bit of panic arose but all I had to do was retrace my steps and I found the markers that I had missed. Plan B was to just sit and wait for sunrise but luckily I didn’t have to do that! I arrived at the arch just before sunrise and a few minutes before any other crazy dawn hikers. The hike was well worth it and 30 minutes flew by all too fast. An hour more might have been more satisfying! Delicate Arch has had more than a few names in its history, "Cowboy's Chaps" (I can really see that!), "Old Maid's Bloomers” and "Salt Wash Arch". The term "Delicate" first appeared in a January 1934 article about the Arches National Monument Scientific Expedition, which described it as "the most delicately chiseled arch in the entire area." Delicate Arch is also recognizable as the logo on the Utah license plates.

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