At 5.30 I woke up, packed up the tent and prepared to continue the last ten miles of the White Rim Road. There was still one critical passage; The Hardscrabble climb, which gets impassable after rain. It had rained a little bit the day before, therefore I was tense. Luckily it was not wet on Hard Scrabble and I could manage this last obstacle quite relaxed. Knowing it is only 10 miles to the exit I could again enjoy the little challenges which the Rim Road provided: Stones, Rock, Sand, Drops Offs, etc. The road followed the Green River now and at 6 am the sunrise illuminated the sandstone in a glowing red.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
sunrise on the last 10 miles of White Rim road<\/p>\n
After exiting the White Rim road through the Horse thief Canyon switchbacks and leaving Canyonlands N.P. my plan today was to hike several less known places around Moab. First I visited the Olympic Torch, a small 1 mile hike at Moab’s Lions Park hills.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n
Olympic Arch in Moab’s Lions Park Hills<\/p>\n
Then I drove 12 miles south of Moab to the Behind of Rocks recreation area to hike the Tukunivitz Arch.\u00a0 8.6 km \/ 5.4 miles Hike.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n
Tukunivitz Arch in Moab’s Behind the Rock<\/p>\n
Afterwards I drove again north of Moab to the Potash Road to hike the Jeep Arch. A 6.4km \/ 4 miles hike.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n
Jeep Arch at the Potash Road<\/p>\n
Finally I hiked the Corona and Bowtie Arches, also on the Potash Road. A small 3.6km \/ 2.2 miles hike.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n
Bowtie Arch at the Potash Road<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\n
Corona Arch at the Potash Road<\/p>\n
After the hikes I went to Moab to do a little bit of shopping and visit the Tom Till Gallery.<\/p>\n
Hiking Mileage today:\u00a0\u00a0 20.2 km \/\u00a0 12.6 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n (Olympic 1.6km Tuku 8.6km Jeep 6.4km Corona 3.6km)<\/p>\n Hiking Mileage total:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 122.4 km \/ 76.5 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n curious incidents today: <\/strong>After the hikes I visited the Tom Till Gallery in Moab. Furthermore I bought a water filter pump.
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