Why didn’t we try this first?

On Saturday, November 9th, David and I head back to Sheets Draw in Capitol Reef National Park to look for Sheets Draw Arch again.

Along the way we stopped for a few photographs in Scipio.

Another stop at the Fruita historic schoolhouse.

This time David and I simply start hiking up the Sheets Draw from the Notom and Bullfrog road end of the canyon. From the road, the sandy wash soon becomes a deep canyon with sheer cliff walls.

Some muddy stretches, some narrows, some small choke stones to climb over but after 3.4 miles we turn the corner and find a large natural arch hanging on the north cliff wall.

Beautiful!

So the Sheets Draw Arch was not a myth after all!