Ranger-Guided Fiery Furnace Loop Tour - Arches
The Fiery Furnace is a confusing maze of high sandstone fins where it is very easy to become lost. These popular 2-1/2 hour hikes are difficult and strenuous, requiring the occasional use of hands to scramble up and through narrow cracks and along narrow ledges above drop-offs. Ranger-guided tours will end for the season in September.
Visitors must wear good hiking shoes and bring at least one quart of water per person. Children under 5 years of age are not allowed. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult. In addition, one adult is required for each child 5 and 6 years of age.
- For more information and photos of Arches National Park, please visit the park's Fiery Furnace page.
- For camping reservations in Arches, please visit the Devils Garden Campground Reservation page.
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Need to Know
- Pick up Your Ticket in Person
The Fiery Furnace Ranger-guided tour requires a physical ticket issued in person.
This reservation is not your ticket. Once you have a reservation, the ticket must be picked up in person the day of, or day before, your trip.
- Advance ticket pickup is only available the day before your trip at the Arches Visitor Center between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.
- Same-day tour ticket pickup is available at Arches Visitor Center information desk only between 8:00 am and 8:30 am. Plan for 30-45 minutes of travel time to the Fiery Furnace parking lot after ticket pickup. Ticket holders need to arrive to the parking lot 5-10 minutes prior to tour start.
Late arrival may result in forfeiting your reserved tour. No refunds for late arrivals. Expect possible delays at park entrance booth and on park roads.
- Know Before You Go
Visitors must be able to use hands and feet to scramble up and through narrow cracks. During these physically demanding hikes, you will walk and climb on irregular and broken sandstone, along narrow ledges above drop-offs, and in loose sand. There are gaps you must jump across and narrow places that you must squeeze into and pull yourself up and through.
Good footwear is a must. Bring at least one quart of water per person. There is no food or water available at the viewpoint.
- Timed Entry Pilot
Arches National Park has implemented a pilot timed entry reservation system, which requires reservations to enter the park from April 1 – October 31, 2023. If you have Fiery Furnace reservations during this time, you will NOT need to also make a timed entry reservation to enter the park.
Be prepared for longer lines entering the park. It is your responsibility to ensure you pick up your physical ticket and make it to the Fiery Furnace parking lot in time for the tour.
- More Information
- For more information and photos of Arches National Park, please visit the park's Fiery Furnace page .
- For camping reservations in Arches, please visit the Devils Garden Campground reservation page.
