Rock Tower Climbing
Tiny summits, technical skills & quality climbs!
A truly memorable climbing experience. Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced… customized to your needs and experience level.
Beginning to Intermediate
Ancient Art
- Duration: 3 – 5 hours
- Drive from Moab: 30 minutes
- Season: all year
- Max. guide to client ratio: 1:2
- Technical: 5.8+ (or 5.10) easy climbing, big exposure, 325′ (105 meters) 3 pitches
This tower is a great introduction to multi-pitch climbing, and the perfect desert spire for your first foray into the magical sandstone towers of the Colorado Plateau. Right out of a Dr. Seuss book, this phenomenal tower boasts the tiniest and most gravity-defying summit imaginable! Don’t let the 5.10 rating fool you, most of the climbing is no harder than 5.8, with the harder moves bypassed with a bit of direct aid.
- A short approach hike through a fantasyland of rocks, hoodoos and giant monoliths.
- Equal amounts of fun face climbing and interesting crack climbing; moderate but very memorable.
- Cool climbing on the downright laughable stone pedestal aptly named the Corkscrew Summit!
- World-class photo opportunities with amazing vistas of the other Fisher Towers.
- A truly memorable climbing experience with a professional guide
Advanced
Castleton
- Duration: 6 -9 hours
- Drive from Moab: 30 minutes
- Season: all year
- Max. Guide to client ratio: 1:2
- Technical: 5.9 with lots of vertical crack climbing, big exposure, 400′, 5 pitches
Castleton is steeped in history and it just may be the West’s most famous stone tower, qualifying as one of the Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. A striking sentinel that overlooks Castle Valley and the Colorado River, this rock offers a choice of two mega-classic routes of the same difficulty (one shady, one sunny). This is a big day with great exposure and airy rappels.
What you can expect:
- A choice of two mega-classic routes of the same difficulty (one shady, one sunny).
- Fun, moderate crack climbing on great stone.
- Unbelievable views 1400′ above the surrounding desert.
- A big day with great exposure and airy rappels.
- A summit register crammed full of desert climbing history.
Other Towers
For the experienced climber, we offer guide service on other towers in the area: Sister Superior, The Rectory, and others. Contact us for more information!
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