Others believe that the arch may have just increased its longevity by shedding some weight and that the new, more balanced arch will persist. Some folks think that this recent breakage bodes ill for Landscape Arch and that it will soon collapse completely. Some of the large boulders under the arch are the results of this event. To hike to Landscape Arch you begin at the Devil’s Garden Trailhead. It is the longest arch in the western hemisphere The hike to get to it is very doable for kids although mine were a little tired doing Delicate Arch and Landscape back to back. The thin section is now about 5 feet narrower than it used to be. Landscape Arch is 290 feet long and only 11 feet thick. In 1991, a few pieces of Landscape Arch started to rain down, and then suddenly a 60 foot long chunk of rock fell from the underside of the arch's thinnest section. The old Landscape Arch trail used to go all the way under the arch, but now a fenced viewpoint area is as close as you can get because of well-founded safety concerns. The easy Landscape Arch trail turns off the Primitive Trail to the west immediately after the fork. To reach this amazing place, take the Devils Garden Trail to just where the Primitive Loop starts. Landscape is about 11 feet thick at its center. How often do you get to see the largest arch on the planet? At 306 feet long, it beats Zion's Kolob arch by only 3 feet.
The trail to Landscape Arch is rightfully popular (but the arch itself seems mis-named- it sure looks more thin and delicate than Delicate Arch).
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