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Arches and Canyonlands now lend free all-terrain wheelchairs for the trails - Moab Sun News

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Visitors with limited mobility can now borrow an all-terrain chair, free, at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and take it onto trails that a standard wheelchair can't handle. The National Park Service announced the chairs Thursday, Oct.

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