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Hike to Corona Arch | A Swinging Time at Corona Arch | Leaving Corona Arch

Hike to Corona Arch


The hike to Corona Arch is short and genrally easy. The only challenges are ascending a short ladder and a set of steps carved in the rock. Just after ascending the slope from the parking lot, the trail crosses an active railroad track (Union Pacific Railroad's Cane Creek Branch, which serves the mine at Potash). From the trail one can see Pinto Arch (sort of hidden), Bow Tie Arch, and Corona Arch. Corona is the only one that can be touched. After "rounding the corner" and reaching the carved steps, hikers can look down into Bootlegger Canyon, site of a railroad track. In 2014, a weekly train uses that track at about mid-day on Sundays.

The photo of Pinto Arch was taken from immediately below that arch, which is not on the Corona Arch Trail.

Trailhead: the parking lot in the background is part of the Gold Bar Recreation Area
Trailhead: the parking lot in the background is part of the Gold Bar Recreation Area		 Bulletin board at the trailhead
Bulletin board at the trailhead		 Topographic map of the area
Topographic map of the area		 Soon after leaving the trailhead, one crosses a railroad track
Soon after leaving the trailhead, one crosses a railroad track		 Graffiti on the trail to Corona Arch
Graffiti on the trail to Corona Arch
Looking back at the trail, here a slanted rock shelf
Looking back at the trail, here a slanted rock shelf		 Steps and a cable railing at a difficult section of the trail
Steps and a cable railing at a difficult section of the trail		 Ladder allows hikers to surmount a small wall
Ladder allows hikers to surmount a small wall		 Bow Tie Arch, passed on the way to Corona Arch
Bow Tie Arch, passed on the way to Corona Arch		 Window to the sky
Window to the sky
Corona Arch domes from below
Corona Arch domes from below		 Corona Arch as seen from below Bow Tie Arch (people give scale)
Corona Arch as seen from below Bow Tie Arch (people give scale)		 People are dwarfed by nature's handiwork
People are dwarfed by nature's handiwork		 Back view of Corona Arch
Back view of Corona Arch		 View to north of Bootlegger Canyon
View to north of Bootlegger Canyon
Corona Arch
Corona Arch

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