Devils Garden — Attraction in Four Corners States

We started this trail at sunrise, which was a good call due to crowds. We went counter clockwise, which was a bad call due to crowds. Honestly counter clockwise is the way to do it, but hiking the devil's garden trail only to end on the landscape arch trail is like eating a delicious chocolate ice cream cone but the last bite is dog poop. You turn a corner and all of a sudden the crowd is unbelievable. Disrespectful, irreverent, loud people by the drove (a.k.a. the typical national park experience for casuals). People with steel hiking poles scratching gauges into ancient rock, to "conquer" the half mile nature walk to landscape arch. The devil's garden trail itself is excellent. Honestly one of my favorite trails in the lower 48. Lots of arches and cool fins, and the hiking itself is fun and interesting. Navigation was necessary but...

You must continue your adventures in Arches NP by going to Devil's Garden and just hiking to it is an adventure! You will have to walk on Rock fins with drop-offs on both sides of your travelled way. Pay attention to the Rock Cairns to stay on course. Now you start your journey at the trailhead from the parking lot which by the way is 18 miles from the visitor center. You will see some of the most and plenty of amazing arches on your hiking trip to Devil's Garden but it is well worth it! Make sure you take plenty of water and use the restrooms before you start out because there are no facilities...

Our group did not enjoy the hike through Devils Garden, so much so we couldn't even make it all the way. There was a ton of sand on the day we went, most likely since the sand was a little wet and sticking to shoes. It made everything so slippery, zero places to grip on the "slide" part and there is a very narrow ledge that was super slippery as well. We got stuck between the two fins and difficult areas, and it was exhausting. Very not fun experience, and wish Arches would supply some sort...