Arches National Park Tours
The Fiery Furnace, in beautiful Arches National Park, offers a labyrinth of narrow passageways and abrupt dead-ends among a series of sandstone fins.
Though it does not encompass a very large area, it is easy to become disoriented or lost. For this reason, and to protect native plants and soils, visitors must join a guided hike, or obtain a special permit, in order to enter the Fiery Furnace.
Ranger guided hikes are offered into the Fiery Furnace daily, spring through fall. These popular 2 1/2 hour hikes are moderately strenuous, requiring the use of hands and feet to scramble up and through narrow cracks and along steep ledges above drop offs.
Fiery Furnace ranger guided tours fill far in advance so early reservations are recommended.
Click here to watch a video of the Fiery Furnace Loop tour visit.
The Fiery Furnace, in beautiful Arches National Park, offers a labyrinth of narrow passageways and abrupt dead-ends among a series of sandstone fins.
Though it does not encompass a very large area, it is easy to become disoriented or lost. For this reason, and to protect native plants and soils, visitors must join a guided hike, or obtain a special permit, in order to enter the Fiery Furnace.
Ranger guided hikes are offered into the Fiery Furnace daily, spring through fall. These popular 2 1/2 hour hikes are moderately strenuous, requiring the use of hands and feet to scramble up and through narrow cracks and along steep ledges above drop offs.
Fiery Furnace ranger guided tours fill far in advance so early reservations are recommended.
Click here to watch a video of the Fiery Furnace Loop tour visit.
Notifications and Alerts
Arches National Park regulary receives heavy visitation and temporarily restricts entrance to the park once capacity is reached. This temporary restriction can occur as early as 7:00am. Visitors with Fiery Furnace reservations are not exempt from this closure. For real-time updates on whether the park is open for visitation, please check the official Arches website or the Arches Twitter feed (@ArchesNPS).
Arches National Park receives heavy visitation daily and temporarily restricts entrance to the park once capacity is reached. This temporary restriction can start as early as 7:00am. Visitors with Fiery Furnace reservations are not exempt from this closure. For real-time updates on whether the park is open for visitation, please check the official Arches website or the Arches Twitter feed (@ArchesNPS).
While we strongly encourage you to pick up your permit the afternoon before your hike, you can pick it up on the day of your hike between 8:00am and 4:30pm unless the park is restricting entrance.
Need to Know
- Reservations: Advance reservations are available for morning Fiery Furnace loop tours beginning 6 months in advance and up to 4 days before arrival. Reservations for afternoon tours are not available through Recreation.gov, but you may obtain tickets in person up to seven days in advance at the Arches National Park Visitor Center.
- Operating Hours and Seasons: Arches National Park is open year-round. The park offers the Fiery Furnace loop tour several times per day from spring through the fall.
- Reservation holders must pick up their tickets at the visitor center information desk at least one hour prior to tour time or up to four days in advance.
- Late arrival may result in forfeiting your reserved tour. No refunds for late arrival. Expect possible delays at park entrance booth and on park roads.
Meet at the Fiery Furnace Viewpoint 15 miles past the visitor center along the main park road 10 minutes prior to tour time.
- Children under 5 years of age are not allowed; children 12 and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult; one adult is required for each child 5 and 6 years of age.
Visitors must be able to use hands and feet to scramble up and through narrow cracks; sturdy hiking boots or shoes are required.
Visitors must bring at least one quart (one liter) of water per person and a backpack to allow for free use of hands; no food or water is available at the Fiery Furnace Viewpoint, the meeting place for the tourThe Visitor Center is located at the park entrance. Check the park's website for operating hours.
Restrooms are available at the Fiery Furnace Viewpoint, but not inside the Fiery Furnace.
Food, gas, lodging and other services are not available in Arches National Park; services are available in the town of Moab, five miles from the park entrance.
Reservations are accepted for tours during the main season (May through September). The park may offer additional tours on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets for these tours are sold in-person at the Visitor Center front desk only. Click here for more information.
Booking Windows
Tickets will go on sale on 4/27 at 12 PM MT for the Self-Guided Fiery Furnace Exploration - Arches tour. After this initial release, tickets will open 7 days in advance of the tour date at 8 AM MT.
Changes and Cancellations
Cancellations must be made by midnight prior to the scheduled tour time for a full refund less the non-refundable per-ticket reservation fee. Refunds will not be given for tours cancelled or modified after midnight on the day of the tour.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Arches National Park, P.O. Box 907 Moab UT 84532
Phone Number
435-719-2299
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