Elope Under Nature’s Finest Wedding Arch – A Desert Sunrise Adventure $4,800

Elope Under Nature’s Finest Wedding Arch – A Desert Sunrise Adventure

  • Off-The-Grid
  • Desert
  • Cliffs

If you are dreaming of an elopement that feels remote, intentional, and far removed from crowds, this experience is built for you.

The day begins well before sunrise at the trailhead, hiking just over a mile beneath the stars to a secluded sandstone arch tucked deep within the desert landscape. 

As the first light reaches the canyon walls, you will get ready on opposite sides of the arch before meeting for a quiet first look as the morning unfolds. Seeing each other dressed up for the first time, surrounded by stillness and stone, sets the tone for an experience that feels deeply personal from the very start.

After exploring the area and capturing portraits against the dramatic desert backdrop, you will settle into the flow of the morning for an intimate, personalized ceremony in a peaceful setting that feels entirely your own.

Following your vows, you can celebrate with a relaxed breakfast picnic and perhaps time to read letters from loved ones back home. 

The hike out becomes part of the experience, with candid, in motion moments captured along the way as you move through the landscape together in your wedding attire.

With this elopement experience, you’ll feel like you’ve disappeared into your own magical world for a few hours… And when you return to ‘the real world’ you’ll be MARRIED!

Guest Capacity
Guest Capacity
Just Us Two
Package Location
Package Location
Utah, Moab
Hike Distance
Hike Distance
3 Miles
Hike Distance
Photography Coverage
4 Hours
Elopement Setting & Scenery
  • • 🏜️ Soaring Sandstone Arches
  • • 🧗 Dramatic Cliffs And Drop Offs
  • • 🤍 Minimum crowds, maximum privacy
Package Style / Vibe
  • • Laidback adventure: all the views with zero hiking
  • • Escaping the crowds to find peace and privacy
  • • Ditching the ‘Instagram hotspots’
  • • Focussed on your experience, making epic memories together, rather than an all day photoshoot
  • • Ideal for couples who find a deep connection in the great outdoors and enjoy slowing down and just ‘being’
What’s Included
  • Photography Included
  • • Up to 4 continuous hours of photography from TWO photographers, allowing for huge variety in your photos
  • • WOW portraits highlighting you, the couple, but also the epic landscape you’ve chosen to explore
  • • ‘True to life’ editing, creating images that won’t age
  • • Sneak peeks within the week
  • • Full gallery within 6-8 weeks
  • • Digital delivery with full downloading and printing rights

  • Planning Support Included
  • • Planning support throughout the entire process, keeping it easy and fun. We want this to feel like planning an epic vacation you’re excited about, not a huge event you’re dreading
  • • Suggestions on how to make your day personalized, fun and feeling like ‘you’
  • • Advice on the local area: places to stay, great places to eat and drink, fun activities to enjoy
  • • Recommendations for local vendors (florist, hair and makeup etc)
  • • Custom timeline design

  • Vendors Included
  • • 2 photographers (we’re a husband and wife team)
  • • Fully personalized officiant services (one of us will lead your ceremony, while the other continues to shoot)
  • • Recommendations for all other vendors (flowers, hair and makeup etc)

  • Permits & Legal
  • • No permits needed for this package, yay!
  • • Advice on securing your marriage license. Officiant and witness signatures.
NOT Included
  • • Flights, transport and accommodation
  • • Food and drink
  • • Additional vendors (flowers, hair and makeup etc)
Additional Add-Ons
  • Extra hours of photography: if you’d like to add in a sunrise adventure, for example.
  • Creation of an heirloom quality album 
  • Expedited delivery, if you’d like your full gallery in 3 weeks
Availability

Spring, Fall and Winter are all glorious in the desert (mid June through mid September are too hot)

Optional Notes & Customization

This package is fully customizable. The outline we’ve laid out is for inspiration only. If it feels like exactly what you want, perfect! If not, we’ll tweak it until it does.

We live right on the border of Utah and Colorado, so if you’d like to add an extra day and explore the mountains as well as the desert, we can easily make that happen!

Package offered by:
The Outlovers
The Outlovers
  • Based In
    Utah and Western Colorado
The Outlovers
The Outlovers

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