There is a great arch that is hard to get to in Arches. The dirt road is maintained, but can be washed out very easily with some preciptation. If covered in snow, it would be easy to get off the road and get stuck. It was clear when we left and we wanted to take the back road out of Arches to see about some BLM camping on the outskirts of the park. Here we are getting ready for the last hike.
When we got higher up (you can see the van down there and the road, a a pit toilet) we could see the weather coming in fast. Then I climbed over a ridge and saw it coming in faster from the other side. It looked like a nice storm was going to converge right over my head. It was snow, which normally we would have just hiked in - I love hiking while it is snowing, but we didn't want to get stuck out there. So, we quickly left. The kids were seriously bummed. So were the parents. It sucks making those decisions.
It snowed the whole way out, but we found some cool needly places to camp in the future right out the back of Arches.
When we got higher up (you can see the van down there and the road, a a pit toilet) we could see the weather coming in fast. Then I climbed over a ridge and saw it coming in faster from the other side. It looked like a nice storm was going to converge right over my head. It was snow, which normally we would have just hiked in - I love hiking while it is snowing, but we didn't want to get stuck out there. So, we quickly left. The kids were seriously bummed. So were the parents. It sucks making those decisions.
It snowed the whole way out, but we found some cool needly places to camp in the future right out the back of Arches.
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