The Collapse of the Golden Arch (not McD’s)

Wall Arch, located along the popular Devils Garden Trail in Arches National Park, collapsed over the weekend.  The arch was 71 feet tall and 33-1/2 feet wide.  There’s a story about it in the Salt Lake Tribune.

If you are at all curious to see the gaping hole left by gravity…  O.A.R.S. is offering a new trip itinerary in 2009 to Arches National Park.  (shameless segue, I know)  “The Grand Staircase: Earth, Wind & Water on the Colorado Plateau” spends the first four days whitewater rafting on the Colorado River as it passes from Canyonlands National Park to Grand Canyon National Park.  Next up is a pass through Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.  Guides will lead interpretive hikes through Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Grand Canyon and Zion national parks.  The trip begins and ends in Salt Lake.  Detailed information will be made available in the coming months.