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This is another photo from my road trip to Arches National Park last Nov.

This is part of the sliprock trail you must climb to get up to Delicate Arch. Where it is wet it’s slippery, and this is on the a slant which made it worse in some places. It’s a mountain side your scaling. The trail looks like a long faint scar going up this part of the mountain. Made by the many feet that have gone up and down this sliprock to get to Delicate Arch.

It was here, or very near here that I realized I hadn’t seen a cairn for awhile. This is just a few feet from the top of this mountain. You can see the top here. I paused to look around and take this photo of the clouds with those radiant light beams, and the La Sal Mountains behind them then Theresa and I back-tracked to find the last seen cairn. I had missed one that veered to the left. This was the only cairn I missed I’m happy to say. The cairns are spaced a good distance apart in places.

It’s a pretty rugged trail with no shade or water, it’s steep and there is a narrow ledge on open cliff face you hike up without any barriers just before you get to Delicate Arch. I don’t suffer from vertigo, or a fear of heights, but this had me in Mother Mode! 🙂 I think I pulled Theresa a little closer to the wall several times. It’s worth the effort to get up here. Do it if you can!

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 17-35mm @ 20mm| f10| 1/250 sec| Manual Mode| Hand-held

Total miles hiked 3+
Total ascent 480 feet