Finger Arch, aka West Rim Arch, McInnis Canyons Recreation Area, Colorado

 One of the hikes Bob went on with the Natural Arch and Bridge Society's 2023 Fall Arch Rally was to the above arch named Finger Arch.  It is also known as West Rim Arch. The first photo was shot with a Canon EOS 6D Mark II, while the second photo was shot with a GoPro 8 Black with its wider angle view.

 Getting to and from Finger Arch was less than a three mile round trip hike that involved some bushwhacking and scrambling up and down steep slopes.  It is a mature, pothole type arch eroded into Entrada Sandstone and has a span of 50 feet and the opening is 30 feet wide.  It gets the name West Rim Arch, because it's one of several arches in Rattlesnake Canyon, but is on the western edge of the canyon while many of the other arches are on the east.

Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story.

Centennial Arch, aka, East Rim Arch, Rattlesnake Canyon, McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, Colorado

 During the Natural Arch and Bridge Society's Fall 2023 Arch Rally, Bob got to hike into Rattlesnake Canyon in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, Colorado.  One of several impressive arches was this one called Centennial Arch, but is also know as East Rim Arch, but is also known as Akiti Arch.

Accordig to Robert Vreeland, this is an old pothole-type arch with a span of 40 feet, a height of 120, a thickness of 8 feet, and a width of 10 feet.

Reaching this arch took a long drive over rough 4WD roads.  The hike to it was only about a mile and a half, but the hosts of this hike had the group downclimb through the first arch we came to using a nylon webbing handline, which they had to climb back up through at the end of the hike.  Our main host wanted this to be an afternoon hike, so that the lighting was better for taking photos of the arches.

Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story.