RHH's photos with the keyword: corona arch trail

This free-standing arch is to be found along the Corona Arch trail to the west of Moab, Utah, and off the Potash Road. It is a three mile hike, out and back, but with a couple of difficult sections that require some careful climbing.

The photo shows the reason for the name of this arch, which can be seen outside of Arches National Park along the Corona Arch trail. The trailhead is along the Potash Road west of Moab, Utah. This type of arch is called a pothole arch. It was formed when a pothole on the ledge above gradually merged with an alcove in the rock face below through the actions of water and debris. It is a fairly common type of arch.

Photographed along the Corona Arch trail near Moab, Utah, this is the Smallflower Fishhook Cactus, the only one we saw in flower.

The last day of our trip to Utah we hiked the Corona Arch trail west of Moab. The photo shows the two arches we saw, Bowtie Arch, a pothole arch, on the left, and Corona Arch, a free-standing arch, on on the right.

Bowtie Arch is along the Corona Arch trail west of Moab, Utah. We hiked the trail to both arches.

One of our last days in Utah we hiked the Corona Arch trail west of Moab. This was one of the steeper sections of the trail where chains had been installed to help hikers up the cliff face. My wife and daughter are coming down the trail in the photo.

One of our last days in Utah we hiked the Corona Arch trail outside of Moab and off the Potash Road. The trail is not in any of the parks near Moab, but was a good hike, though the day was hot. Along the way to Corona Arrch we stopped at Bowtie Arch, a pothole arch in the cliffs above us. Pothole arches are formed by water in a pothole that eventually wears its way down to an opening in the cliff below.