Arches and Canyon lands nation park
Can anyone give advise on how many days to spend visiting Arches and Canyonlands National Parks? I have allotted 4 days as of now.
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Trackrig wrote:
We were there last fall. Four days will do it, but longer could be better. You'll need more time if you're doing Zion, Bryce, Grand Staircase Escalante and Capital Reef. If you're not on limited vacation time, it's well worth it to see all of them while you're in the area.
Yes if you have a 4X4 or something with higher ground clearance than a standard car, take the trail down through Pucker Pass. And right before your get to the visitor center at Canyon land is a trail that will take you over the edge of the canyon and back to Moab. The park people will point it out to you. Both are well worth it.
Bill
If that is the same trail that the ranger sent us down from the visitor center then don't plan on doing it with a long wheel base 4WD pickup. It had vertical 18-24" ledges that you need to drive up and over (or down on the way back) the approach angle means trouble on big trucks. I got out and built a ramp out of loose rocks to get back down after going up one. I did not go over the second one farther down the trail so we only made it maybe 2/3 rds of the way.
