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Arch Circumnavigation, Part 1: Winter Camp Wash | Arch Circumnavigation, Part 2: Winter Camp Wash Amphitheater | Arch Circumnavigation, Part 3: Dead-End Canyon | Arch Circumnavigation, Part 4: Backside of The Canyon | Arch Circumnavigation, Part 5: "Rest Break Blob" | Arch Circumnavigation, Part 6: Trail and Arch | Arch Circumnavigation, Part 7: Basin of Delicate Arch | Arch Circumnavigation, Part 8: Return to the Parking Lot

Arch Circumnavigation, Part 7: Basin of Delicate Arch

For lovers of landforms, a visit to Delicate Arch is incomplete without a side trip to
the basin below the arch. Some brave souls have descended the steep sandstone from the
arch directly to the basin. For me the gradient was too steep, so I did the only other
thing: walked back down the trail to a certain spot, then turned off the trail and went
cross-country to the basin, staying off any cryptobiotic soil.
Photos were taken in April 2006; there are more basin photos in another gallery.
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Route map for counterclockwise circumnavigation of Delicate Arch
Route map for counterclockwise circumnavigation of Delicate Arch		 Tracks near basin of Delicate Arch
Tracks near basin of Delicate Arch		 Looking east at Delicate Arch and its basin
Looking east at Delicate Arch and its basin		 Bush and boulders
Bush and boulders		 Variety of terrain
Variety of terrain
Getting closer to the basin
Getting closer to the basin		 Stones and swirls
Stones and swirls		 Sometimes nature gets confused
Sometimes nature gets confused		 Monolith
Monolith		 Layers and layers
Layers and layers
Hard and soft sides of nature
Hard and soft sides of nature		 Basin-arch-abyss panorama at Delicate Arch
Basin-arch-abyss panorama at Delicate Arch		 Many visitors, including one sitting along the wall of the basin
Many visitors, including one sitting along the wall of the basin		 Grrrrr....
Grrrrr....		 Oasis of life surrounded by rock
Oasis of life surrounded by rock
Sandstone muffin about five feet (1.5m) wide
Sandstone muffin about five feet (1.5m) wide		 The best seats in the house
The best seats in the house		 The arch again; the dead-end canyon is behind these ridge bumps
The arch again; the dead-end canyon is behind these ridge bumps		 The amphitheater, with tower
The amphitheater, with tower		 Holes: width of rock shown is about five feet (1.5m)
Holes: width of rock shown is about five feet (1.5m)
Attempt at artsy depiction of plants
Attempt at artsy depiction of plants		 ?
?		 What is that guy doing?
What is that guy doing?		 Delicate Arch from below
Delicate Arch from below		 Late afternoon shadow
Late afternoon shadow
Nightmare
Nightmare		 View to the west while leaving the basin
View to the west while leaving the basin		 Wall
Wall		 Wall, close up
Wall, close up		 Footprint of an Imaginisaurus Listoramae
Footprint of an Imaginisaurus Listoramae
Mixture
Mixture

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