Fiery Furnace, Arches National Park, Utah

 Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. Relatively unknown in Arches.

When it comes to Arches, Delicate Arch is the first one people go. Actually Arches has much, MUCH more. 

Fiery Furnace hike needs to get a permit and you need to watch a video and listen to a short talk from a ranger at the Visitor center before the hike in the early morning. There is no official trail, and the whole purpose is "get lost" in the Fiery Furnace. Despite that, most people go to the same attraction spots of arches and interesting viewpoints. Due to internet, all are listed on whole kinds of hiking Apps. Another level people go to Fiery Furnace for canyoneering with ropes. I am not into that, so we sticked to the normal route. 

Overview

First of all, why is it called Fiery Furnace? The left picture is the overview of Fiery Furnace area and it explains everything....well for native English speakers.  For non-native English speakers need dictionary to understand. 

On the second thought, it doesn't need to know how it is named. Just accept the interesting geological shapes and enjoy is more natural thing. That removes the prejudice of the perception of places. 

Surprise Arch

From outside of Fiery Furnace area, arches cannot be visible, but once inside you can enjoy multiple arches and interesting shapes of rocks. The right picture is the first arch we saw. Surprise Arch.  

Kissing Turtle Arch

Kissing Turtle Arch. Cute huh?

Skull Arch

Skull Arch. This is my favorite spot in Fiery Furnace hike. It is very interesting two holes right each other, like glasses. In the future it is probably going to be just one hole in my guess. We had a snack here by looking up this. Very good time. 

I don't know what it is, but interesting shape (left picture). When it is not an arch, literally nobody explores. Nice to get solitude. 

Bottom is another structure, similar to kissing turtle arch, but with stripes. 

Overall it is a short hike around 3 miles. It is great to see some hidden arches in Arches National Park. A little hectic to do permit/pickup thing. To be honest, I wouldn't come back too soon due to low level of solitude, but doing once is a good experience.