ADG001
Location: 38.7826194763184, -109.595001220703
Pack camera! Head NW on gravel trail past yucca and cacti into a sandy sea of crimson rock
ADG002
Location: 38.7853889465332, -109.597579956055
Turn R onto spur past Tunnel Arch, a sandstone Arc de Triomphe, to Pine Tree Arch with a skirt of pinions on its base. Backtrack and turn R to continue on main path
ADG003
Location: 38.7905616760254, -109.604400634766
Veer L @ Y
ADG004
Location: 38.7909393310547, -109.605903625488
Landscape Arch: This thin ribbon of rock stretches the length of a football field. Shortly after, hike under W-shaped span of Wall Arch
ADG005
Location: 38.7942199707031, -109.610298156738
Turn L past honeycombed fins to Navajo Arch, a massive rock arc with small peephole. Head S to next arch
ADG006
Location: 38.7918281555176, -109.608200073242
Step to far side of Partition Arch for a vibrant vista of gravity-defying red rock shapes. Return to WPT 5 and veer L
ADG007
Location: 38.7994804382324, -109.621002197266
Peer @ the short stack of egg-shaped windows of Double O Arch. Then veer R @ Y onto Primitive Trail, but not before identifying the enormous black-varnished obelisk Dark Angel in the distance on the L
ADG008
Location: 38.803581237793, -109.617401123047
Follow cairns over line-seared sandstone slabs, down moderate slopes
ADG009
Location: 38.8013191223144, -109.612800598145
Drop into sandy wash and veer L
ADG010
Location: 38.8022117614746, -109.609802246094
Veer R and exit drainage, then scan R side for Black Arch and surrounding fins. Complete loop WPT 3; return to car
Double O Arch
Location: 38.7993583679199, -109.620933532715
©Steffan Fay
Landscape Arch
Location: 38.7906265258789, -109.607940673828
©Steffan Fay
Partition Arch
Location: 38.7917327880859, -109.608345031738
©Steffan Fay
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