[ladyjane]

Delicate Arch? Did you take that picture?

[Elsie]

This Hoosier boy has been under the arch before and has seen it from the farther viewpoint a few other times.

I did not take that picture. There were not nearly as many people there when I was.

It's about a 1.5 mile walk up sloping slickrock to the arch, with the last few hundred feet behind a fin of stone so the arch is blocked from view. As one rounds the fin and it come into view, it is quite a sight!

When you are actually near or under the arch; it doesn't appear so 'delicate'.

I'm afraid THAT name should be bestowed on Landscape instead.

Full size picture.

I visited this one when you could still climb the sand pile under it.

Now, due to the vast crowds, the trail has been shut down to try to re-stabilize the sand.

[Elsie]

My son-in-law and two grandsons saw this last June...

 

The most recent recorded rockfall events occurred in the 1990s when one large slab fell (1991)^[1][2][6] and then two additional large rockfalls occurred (1995).^[1] Due to the rockfalls, the trail beneath the arch was closed.^{[1][2]      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_Arch}

 

 

 

https://utah.com/hiking/arches-national-park/landscape-arch-trail