A short hike to a famed arch that sits atop a sheer horseshoe shaped cliff wall complete with views of the La Sal Mountains as a partial backdrop. Absolutely fantastic views extend outward towards the rising sun in the AM. Incredibly popular, and even in the off season gets a fair share of visitors.

Half of the horseshoe shaped cliff may be seen in this photo, wit the sun burning off both fog below and the clouds above it.

A view through part of Mesa Arch towards some of the sandstone towers rising from the fog below.

A V-shaped intersection of two sections of cliff wall frames the valley fog below, while the rising sun has cleared a large portion of clouds from above it to begin the day.

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[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's no wonder they saw this place and thought it was The Promised Land..... they were very very wrong but it sure is pretty for a fukkin desert

[–] everydayhiker@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So much of the landscape out there has the appearance of being sculpted out of clay which, in a way, it really was.

[–] DearMoogle@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What a breathtaking view! Above the clouds like that. Getting there early paid off:)

[–] everydayhiker@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it was kinda crazy how as everything receded it exposed just how much of a drop off there actually was!