Thomas Wayne Riley Running Around Fisher Towers as the Clouds Make Castle Valley Appear Underwater

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https://www.theamericansouthwest.com/fisher-towers 4.3 Miles Roundtrip. 1,469 ft Elevation Gain. Challenging & Steep Trail with a Ladder to Incredible Red Sandstone Towers and an Astounding View of Castle Valley. The Fisher Towers trail is an incredibly beautiful hike in the Castle Valley area near Moab just off of Highway 128 (The Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway) that offers amazing views of the whole valley and of the towers. You can see the Colorado River, the Red Hoodoos below, and the Buttes that surround you like the Totem Pole, the Castle, the Priests and the Nuns, and Fisher Mesa. To the east are little valleys and canyons with red hoodoos and small towers and you can hike among them. There’s also apparently a petroglyph or pictograph somewhere on the trail but I couldn't find it, unfortunately. If you have your dogs, you should know there is a ladder that you must traverse and the trail has many cliffs and steep edges. To the north you can see through the gorge the Colorado River cuts and onto the Book Cliffs. The views all around are just amazing and worth the hike alone. Make sure you bring plenty of water and the steep elevation gain is no joke. When my wife and I hiked the Fisher Towers Trail in early April of 2024, clouds moved in and partially covered the sun which cast shadows down onto the area that made the whole valley look like it was underwater. It was incredible and beautiful and quite surreal. Video taken by my wife.




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