Fisher Towers

Fisher Towers
The Fisher Towers viewed from the west at sundown
Nearest city	Moab, Utah
Coordinates	38°43′18″N 109°18′15″W / 38.7216516°N 109.3042827°W / 38.7216516; -109.3042827Coordinates: 38°43′18″N 109°18′15″W / 38.7216516°N 109.3042827°W / 38.7216516; -109.3042827
Climbing type	trad and aid climbing of towers and faces
Height	Titan: 900 feet (270 m); Ancient Art: 400 feet (120 m)
Pitches	up to 7
Ratings	Apart from couple moderate routes most climbs are at hard (up to A6)
Grades	up to IV
Rock type	Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud
Quantity of rock	months worth
Development	developed
Cliff aspect	south facing
Season	fall and spring
Ownership	Bureau of Land Management
Camping	free
Classic climbs	Stolen Chimney (5.10d or 5.8 A0) on Ancient Art Finger of Fate (5.8 A3) on Titan The Colorado North East Ridge (A3) on Kingfisher West Side Story (A3) on Cottontail Tower Phantom Sprint (5.12b or A3) on Echo Tower Sundevil Chimney (5.8 A4) on Titan
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Fisher Towers are a series of towers made of Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud located near Moab, Utah (38°43′26″N 109°18′30″W / 38.7240°N 109.3083°W / 38.7240; -109.3083). The Towers are named for a miner who lived near them in the 1880s. The Tower is world-renowned as a subject for photography and for its classic rock climbing routes.

The nearest town is Moab, Utah about 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest. The area is generally accessed from Fisher Towers Road off of Route 128 which runs along the Colorado River between I-70 and Route 191. Castleton Tower is visible approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to the southwest from different parts of the Fisher Tower's area.

The Towers lie just south of a larger mesa which they are emerging from on a geological time scale. 1,000 feet (300 m) north of the main formation there is a tower which has only partway emerged from the mesa. The Towers are composed of three major fins of rock that run from the northeast closer to the mesa out to the southwest and into a desert valley. The fins are between 1,000 and 2,000 feet (300 and 610 m) long and separated from each other by about 1,000 feet (300 m). Each fin contains multiple towers, a number of which have been named.