Sand Dune Arch

Most people are familiar with iconic images of Arches National Park -- Balancing Rock, Windows, and Delicate Arch -- so I thought I'd share some of the other lesser known arches that we saw yesterday. These are some of the "fins" of rock that conceal Sand Dune Arch.

What made visiting this one kind of fun is that there are no views of it anywhere from the road. You actually have to go through and into one of the slot canyons to see it.

The slot narrows to a space that is so narrow you have to go sideways to the right of this big boulder. It's very cool and dark.

The trail is mostly deep sand that was damp from yesterday's rainstorm. When you came back into the light, the first thing to be seen were the rocks that had fallen to form the arch.

I was intently searching for the arch as I left the dimness of the slot. Then I looked up and there it was!

If you are a good climber, you could possibly climb up behind and over the big boulder behind the arch, but it is basically a dead end. You can see by the two people standing on the right, that the arch is actually quite large!

This is only one of the 2000 documented arches in the park!