Most of the trails in Arches National Park are well-marked and open for self-navigation. But there is one very cool section of the park that is restricted to ranger-led tours and a limited number of back-country hiking permits every day – it is called the Fiery Furnace.
Don’t the formations look like little furnace chimneys?
One of the reasons access is limited to this area is to minimize human impact to the fragile environment – but the other reason is that it is a freaking maze back here!
There are secret canyons, surprise arches, amazing viewpoints, and some very cool scrambling throughout the hike.
There were 14 people in our group on the three-hour hike. It was very cool to learn that eight of the hikers were a part of what they called the “Baby Group” – they had all been friends since the births of their first children 35 years ago and they vacation together every few years. How cool is that?
Even though we did this hike the last time we were here we knew we wanted to take it again this trip. Because of staffing limitations they are down to one hike per day and we had to sign up almost a week in advance! But it was well worth it – such an amazing landscape and a terrific way to spend the morning!
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