We had a dozen hikes lined up as options for the day that we passed through Sedona. Once we saw that most of this hike could be done with a 4WD vehicle, we thought it would be a fun place to see what the our rented Jeep could do!
We have an America The Beautiful annual pass that we displayed on the windshield of the Jeep while we were here. Without the pass, we would have needed to purchase a Red Rock Pass for the day ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/recreation/?cid=stelprdb5416207 ).
Without the Jeep, this would have been a 4.5 mile round-trip hike. We took the Jeep for 3 of those miles, leaving about a 1.5 mile round-trip hike from the trail head to the Arch. There was a lot of foot traffic and a fair amount of 4WD vehicle traffic along this road between the paved parking area and the trail head.
We got the only available space at the trail head.
The hike itself was easy for most of the way, with it getting more moderate the closer we got to Devil’s Bridge. There were a few spots where the trail was more of a scramble up rocks that had been arranged into steep staircases.
Everyone we encountered was very friendly. When we got to the arch, hikers were taking turns taking pictures for each other, so we had someone that was there take our picture as we were on the arch, and we did the same favor for a group of hikers that came up behind us.
