8-Mile Hike with Slippery Ledges and Deadly Drop-Offs | Devils Garden Trail

8-Mile Hike with Slippery Ledges and Deadly Drop-Offs | Devils Garden Trail

This week, we thought our hikes in Archie’s 
National Park were going to be straightforward, but the Devil’s Garden Trail 
had a few surprises. Well, after the one where we nearly died. Bloody 
hell, that’s quite scary. It’s a big one, isn’t it? It is a big one. Do you want to see 
it? We got wine. We got wine. Before we get to Delicate Arch for the amazing sunset. And this is 
the kind of money shop. This is when the sun is just going down. Just stay away from that edge. 
going to be all right. But if you’re new here, I’m Martin. That’s Eileen. And we’ve been 
traveling fulltime for the last 3 and 1/2 years in our motor home called Walter. Wow. I’m 
not going to say it’s an early morning start, but it is uh half past 8 cuz we’re getting up to 
um the top cap, aren’t we? To go through the walk, the devil devil’s walk. We are. And we um what 
we’re hearing yesterday. So this drive normally the river is a blue green color. So, I mean, it’s 
spectacular, but it looks even better when the river’s sort of that clear color. But they’ve 
had 5 days of constant rain here before we got here. So, the rivers are murky brown color as 
we’ve seen. Um, it’s still beautiful though. It might change. It might change the weather. 
Yeah. Yeah. It might be clear up. Yeah. Now, cuz it’s it’s set fair now for the next six days, 
which is great. Wow. It’s Archie’s National Park. There it is. Yeah. There is the answer. Yeah, 
they got they have a picture taken. Yeah, we will we will stop. Usually we stop. Maybe 
get it later. We’ll get it later. Yeah. Yeah. You got it. Arches National Park. Yay. [Music] 
And we’re expecting it to be really quite busy. stop here and there more reservation from 7:00 
a.m. till 4:00 p.m. But of course with the uh government shutdown, we don’t think 
that’s happening, do we? No. It says on the park website there’s no um entry system 
at the moment. What a sun just bled me. [Music] Eileen and I always joke because we always 
say we start off so well so we’re not going to start off this little video going so um but we 
this is day two in Utah adventure. Now if you don’t know what that why I’m trying to talk like 
I’m from Newcastle it’s because there used to be a program called Big Brother. Look it up. Um but I 
used to talk with a Newcastle accent. But we This is day two and we’re doing uh a little hike. Eight 
miles and it’s called the Devil’s Garden Trail. Yes, it is. And uh eight miles. Supposed to be 
quite difficult. Lots of sort of scrambling over rocks, but lots of arches viewpoint. So that’s 
what we’re here for. So come along with us. Get strapped in. Let’s go see what we can find. And 
our first little arch is called the tunnel arch. There it is. Can you can you show that off? 
Why is it called the tunnel arch? Well, do you know what? I think it might be because it goes 
looks like a tunnel and goes through the cave. How cool is that? I think next one’s just up here. Wow. This one’s pine tree. 
Pine tree art. Look at that. Wow. That’s cool, isn’t it? Yeah. Incredible. That Wow. We can’t really see 
it for there on a on a video. We’re just trying to do a video of 
it, but it is. Yeah, it’s very cool. [Music] What do you think, 
Eileen? It’s just jaw drawing, isn’t it? It really is. You just 
get these incredible shapes and [Music] you enjoying this? It’s amazing. 
We’re sort of off the main trail now, so it’s a little bit quieter. Yeah, we 
What’s happened is we we’ve kind of walked a little bit further away and there’s not so many 
people, which is great. The scenery is stunning. Hello. Hi. Hi. Good morning. Look at this. Look at this. But can I just show 
you? We are just surrounded by these incredible shapes and all. All right. I don’t know how we’re 
going to show this on camera. We’re going to get so much we can’t show away. It’s just I don’t 
I just don’t know if it picks it up properly, but it is just incredible the the rocks and the 
shadows and the colors. Bob and June clearly said they had to drag themselves away from Utah. Some 
of our fellow motor home travellers from the UK. Yeah. When they did this a year ago. Yeah. And I 
can see why. Well, he said to me recently this was his favourite place. You know, Utah was uh right 
up there, you know. And you’re right, babe. Maybe. This is quite cool. We’re actually walking up 
the um they call it the wash. So, obviously like a creek or stream when the the weather’s 
really changed and the water’s coming down. But I think we’re right there today, aren’t we, 
babe? No, no rain today. No rain forecasted. So, I think we’ll be okay. It’s not often you walk up 
a like a little river bed like this, is it? Okay, we’ve got a bit of a problem because uh the path 
definitely goes where these lovely French people are, but they’ve come back the other way and uh 
we can’t get through here. Uh and that’s just a bit too slippy, a bit too steep and slippy to go 
on. That is really. So, we’re going to struggle. Oh, good rocks there. Oh. Thank you. Yeah. Just stay close to the wall. 
You okay? Yeah. It’s going to go up to your thighs. Lower for 
sure. Stay close to the wall. Your hand. No. Can I get your hand? Just give me give me a hand when 
they hands and you’re up. Yay. Just walked along here and then all of 
a sudden it says we’ve got to go left like that. The only left straight up. 
Not up, but along along along here and round around there. That was hardcore, 
wasn’t it? Up over that. Wow. [Music] You got to jump across, haven’t you? 
I think I might need to. Have a jump. Step down onto it. Step down onto 
it. They should be quite steady. Yeah, they’ll be they’ll be 
they’ll be locked in there now. Private. Oh, is it called private? It’s called 
private. Oh, okay. I thought I saw primitive. Oh, yeah. That’s cool, isn’t 
it? It’s not bad, is it, lover? Huh? Wow. How you kisses? 
Another one. Another architect. Ah, this is spec tacer. [Music] Wow. [Music] [Music] What have you got there? Wine gums. Oh, some 
wine gums. Some sugar. Thank you very much. on gravel hard so steady sunrise whispers 
sing we’re ready the path is wild the air so free your hand in mine that’s all I need 
walking hiking and I’m only the trees they bow the wolf holy step by step just you 
and me. There’s trails of song me [Music] just spotted this stone here. Look 
this boulder. Sorry, stone. There’s a boulder just kind of waiting to 
topple down. Wow. [Music] Oh yeah. Black Arch overlook. Wow. Where? Here. Right 
in front of us. There. This This is it. Here. Fair enough. It’s not a bad view. Take that in. Got to cl have to jump up there a little bit, 
didn’t we? Look what we have to walk along. Yeah, it’s a bit busy. So, we got to wait for these 
people to pass. I guess it’s the only ledge. Okay, we’ll just hang on 2 
minutes, shall we? Yeah. here. Oh, so this is the only way. This is 
the only way up on this little ledge. It widens out a bit here now anyway, 
so it’s not quite so scary, but it is a four either side. Here’s Eileen balancing. [Music] How’s that feel? Oh, well, after 
the one where we nearly died, this one’s fine. Do you know you’re all right? Okay, let’s just keep putting one 
foot in front of the other. Oh, nature’s made a little foot somewhere for my 
foot. What is it? It’s a foot foot hole there. Oh my god. H What is it? Is it? Oh my gosh. Got to 
jump across that bit there, lover. Oh, look. You can see our shadow going along. Look, I know. 
Oh, that’d be quite cool. That’s your shadow. Bloody hell. That’s quite scary. Just take your 
time, babe. Pardon? Just take your time. We should have safety nets here. This is not safe. Yeah. 
Yeah. There’s something in the UK called British Standards. The safety. I wonder if in the UK they 
have like barriers either side. I don’t know. That is quite nets to catch me. 
Soft mats when I fall. You look quite small in there. Don’t rush and 
don’t look up at me. Where do we look? There’s a lake. Right. I think 
we come off this ledge now, though. Yeah, we go left now. Oh, 
yeah. There’s a little sign there. Navo. Navajo. Oh, it’s a bit of water. Oh, that’s quite 
cool. Oh, look at the reflection. Oh, wow. A magical mystery kind of 
light and reflection, isn’t it? So, that that’s the actual arch. Um, here. Yeah. 
It goes all the way around there. I’ve seen the reflection on on the rock there. It’s 
lovely, isn’t it? Wow. I like the trees. Oh, but they’re they’re getting fed 
right now with the water. Nice. Wow. Oh my goodness. Look at that. Wow. What 
a window. That is amazing, isn’t it? Yeah. That’s cool, eh? Really cool. Wow. Now, this arch 
is really hard to see against the background. And I’m going to zoom in and then it’ll become 
apparent there. I can now you can see it. Look, it’s called landscape arch. Can you see 
that? Landscape arch. Yeah. Well done, babe. It looks like it’s quite delicate, doesn’t 
it? It’s ready to fall, doesn’t it? Don’t sneeze. One of your sneezes. You had a few sneezes this 
morning, and one of those might bring that down. Last few steps. The last few steps and we’re back to Walter. What a hike. 
What a walk. Hey, high five. This morning we’re going up to Windows. We 
wanted to tell you about how these arches are formed. So the information board said that these 
natural sculptures essentially result of rock layers with different hardnesses where the 
softer rock erodes faster leaving the harder rock behind in these incredible shapes. It’s 
like nature’s own little art gallery which has been sculpted over eons. And we came in here 
today. The plan today is to walk around here, which I think is the windows windows um arches. 
So, have a look at these and then go up to Delicate Arch tonight for the sunset. Yeah. 
But wait till you see the car park. It is so busy. We’re in October and and it’s a weekday now 
and it’s so busy. We were surprised. Yeah. We’re hoping it is all the kids be back at school 
and it won’t be so busy, but no. This is the time to come. I guess it’s cuz of the heat. I 
think it’s because it’s fall and and and the weather’s better for hiking. It’s cooler in the 
evenings. We’re racking up these arches, babe. I think this is nine or 10. This is 10. 10. 
It’s not quite so busy here, isn’t it? You’re going to stand up on the arch. Ch you’re holding 
it up. Am I there? Anywhere there. We’re here. You got a bit of an echo here, don’t you? Yeah, 
you do. Echo, echo, echo. Catch me, Martin. Wow, you look very small there. Helicopters. 
Oh, they must be doing some sort of tour, you think? Yeah, I think probably 
you’re right. They’re not for us. So, that’s all we need to know. 
They’re definitely not for us. We were out in a hike yesterday, 
weren’t we? And the guy said, “Whoa, that’s a great drinking bottle.” Yeah, cuz he 
recognized that it was gin. I like the fact he knew it was it was a gin x gin bottle. We He 
thought we were hardcore. Yeah. We’re like, it’s neat vodka. Proper cowboy country. You just 
say cowboys now. I think you can say cow people. Cow girls. Say cow. Let’s just say cowboys. 
Western. Well, and there’s cow girls, too. Okay. Where to now? Down. Down here. You see? So, we’ve been over that way. Yes. We have. Yeah. 
We’re here all the way around. And then there’s the car park. Oh, who can you see? Where’s Walter? 
Where’s Walter? There he is. Standing out looking proud. People still queueing for spaces there. 
Busy. We’re going to go over here, though. Well, you’re doing the walk today. Yeah. I don’t know 
where we’re going. You decide. Oh, no. Don’t put me in charge of directions. I’ll get us there 
safely. But we’re going over there. Hey, gorgeous. It’s a big one, isn’t it? It is a big one. Do you 
want to see it? Arch. Yes. They said just a little tiny hike. It’s not a hike. It’s a stroll from the 
car park. Oh, look at these guys up there. Wow. Oh, look. We got They’re right over on that ledge. 
Can you see that? Looks a little bit dangerous. Wow. Double Double Arch. been so surprised how busy it’s 
been, isn’t it? Yeah. You know, not we’re not the only ones who got the better 
idea of coming when it’s when the weather’s just temperate. It’s lovely. Not a bad drive, is it? 
It’s not a bad drive. You are. You are sort of right in amongst it all. Right. It’s always 
something to see. Yeah. Yeah. Good morning. Good morning. in the art trees. [Music] Let’s 
go and discover some more in this amazing park. There’s little water. He’s parked in a He’s 
parked out the way. Um you going to tell the people what we’re doing? What people? There’s 
nobody there. No, but there’s people the other side hopefully. Um we are doing a This is 
evening time. Yeah. So, it’s evening time and we’re heading up to Delicate Arch, which is 
a really iconic arch in um Arches National Park because it’s the arch that’s on all the number 
plates of the cars. Ah, yeah. Here in in Utah. So, we’re going up there for sunset hopefully. I’m not 
sure the direction of sun. How we’re going to see sunset through the arch. Maybe you don’t. I don’t 
know. But but we’re going right over here. It’s about 45 minutes to get up there. But the good 
thing is we got some snacks. We got some water. And don’t take any wine. We got wine. So have a 
little glass of wine. We treat ourselves to watch the sunset. Watch sunset. So come along with us 
and hopefully you might enjoy this trip too. We’re not going to apologize for any heavy breathing 
here because this is half a mile straight up. Doesn’t really do it justice this thing. 
Oh, can you see where water is? Oh, yeah. No, it’s a bit too sunny, 
but car park’s there somewhere. We’re getting close to the top now. 
I think it’s just around this corner. It’s levelled out a bit. It’s levelled out a 
bit. We’re not breathing out of control now. Wow. Well, ledge. It’s a wide enough ledge, 
but it is it’s probably death if you fall. Yeah. Definitely one for the torch later on. 45 minutes later, we’re here. Wow. Look 
at that. Wow. That was worth the climb, wasn’t it? Seen that picture lots of places. 
Yeah. Brilliant. Here we are. It’s not bad. It’s a bit precarious, isn’t it? Cuz you’re 
liking a bowl here. Yeah. Elieen’s Yeah. just mentioned this bowl which just goes right 
down. You don’t really want to trip there. But there’s the delicate arch. Sun’s just 
coming through. Still majestic. It is quite cool. It’s huge. And we’ve camp there. I go 
down here. You get the scale. Hold on. I’m not going in the middle. No, don’t go in 
the middle. Stay Stay on the flatter bit. Yeah. Now we can see how big 
it is. Push. Push. How’s that? Wow. And it’s set in an amazing and as the 
sun set I think this all this sandstone sort of glows and goes red and changes color and 
that’ll be quite cool. Should we go back to our little picnic spot? It’s time for the 
wine. Time for a wine being drinking wine. Proper wine glass. Keep We’re keeping it local. Can you show them 
the the um Oh, the the No, I meant the view. Oh, I’ll show you the view. Okay, hold on. Okay, 
there’s the arch. We’ve moved a little bit. We got a nice nice little picnic. This 
is amazing. We’re enjoying the view. We’re hoping that we don’t drop any grapes cuz 
they’ll roll down right to that bowl there. The crows will eat them. We’ll be all right. They 
will. Yeah. We got some nice uh bagel chips, bit hummus, and uh a big glass of 
wine. Nice glass of wine. How cool. What are they paying? They do still ping again. Oh 
my goodness. Pretty good surely. It’s not bad, eh? And the rocks are still warm. I know. It’s 
nice. Actually, you get a nice bit of warmth at the back. Hopefully, they’ll stay warm as 
the sun goes down, but central heating. Yes. This is a better spot. We’re along there, but 
but everything it felt like we were just going to fall off the edge. They still will if 
you don’t. Yeah, you got to be careful of it. And this is the kind of money shop. This is 
when the sun is just going down and the colours on the stone changes and you get like some 
reddy kind of warm fantastic colours. Amazing. Okay, the walk back is a little bit precarious cuz this is the edge. You all right, Eileen? Oh, did you take the microphones? Stay 
away from that edge. We’ll be right. Yeah. So, the stars. Pardon? Look at the star. Uh, 
can’t quite see him on this phone. Sorry. As long as we take our time, we’re 
okay. We 40 minutes of downhill by torch light. We make it back to Walter. Beautiful. Well, we’ll leave it there for 
this week, everybody. As ever, thanks ever so much for watching. Really 
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Join us as full-time RV travelers exploring the best hikes in Arches National Park! We tackle Delicate Arch at sunset and the challenging Devils Garden Trail in Moab, Utah. Living in our motorhome Walter, we’re sharing everything you need to know about these epic trails.

Watch as we hike to the iconic Delicate Arch at Sunset in Moab, Utah! We tackle the challenging Devil’s Garden Trail, an 8-mile hike famous for its strenuous scrambling, incredible rock formations, and stunning arches like Landscape Arch, Pine Tree Arch, and Tunnel Arch.

This isn’t your average stroll! We encounter slippery ledges, precarious drop-offs, and one moment where we genuinely thought we were going to tumble—”Bloody hell, that’s quite scary!” What a Hike!

After conquering the Devil’s Garden Primitive Trail and its jaw-dropping scenery, the day culminates with a challenging, uphill climb to the iconic Delicate Arch for an unforgettable sunset view. Watch as the sandstone glows with warm, fantastic colors! We even treat ourselves to a well-deserved glass of wine at the top. Cheers! 🥂

If you’re planning a trip to Utah, looking for the best hikes in Moab, or want tips on tackling the Devil’s Garden (especially those scary sections!), this video is for you.

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Key Moments & Arches Covered:
0:00 Arriving at Arches National Park

1:52 Starting the Devil’s Garden Trail (8-mile hike)

2:40 Tunnel Arch & Pine Tree Arch

5:10 Walking up the Wash (riverbed)

6:30 The Scary Scramble & Slippery Ledges 😱

9:45 Navajo Arch Reflection Pool

11:00 Spotting the Delicate Landscape Arch

12:20 Windows Section & Car Park Chaos

14:50 Heading up to Delicate Arch for Sunset

17:00 The Final View & Picnic Spot

19:15 The Treacherous Walk Back in the Dark

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