Ted's Hiking World Fisher Towers
Colorado Waterway, Utah

April 26, 2021

This is Day #7 of the Utah Excursion.  Only two friends will join me on this, our last outing in the Moab area.  That is something of a shame if only because Highway-128 east of Moab is one of the most beautiful drives in the country.  The others don't know what they are missing.

I also have some unfinished business on today's trail; and if we are lucky, some rock climbers will be around as well.

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Getting started

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Down we go

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The tallest one is the famous Corkscrew

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Kingfisher Tower on the left

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Eileen and Paul, the two other diehards of our group, have been on every hike.

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Base of the Corkscrew

Well, no climbers are in evidence today, and that's too bad; for this is an especially exciting place for viewing their activity.

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Pale Evening Primrose

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A great cliff-side walk

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Cottontail and Echo Towers

On my first visit here, I inexplicably stopped at this point; on my second outing, my companion and I were turned back by unseasonably cold weather.  Today, we will not be denied.

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We all are breaking new ground now

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Spectacular

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Starrush Whitetop

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At trail's end

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Those formations are featured in many movies

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I finally got to the end, for the first time!

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The venerable Colorado River winds down from the Rockies

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Thicksepal Cryptantha

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This is why I go hiking

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The Titan, about 900' high, is the tallest free-standing monolith in the United States

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Stemmy Four-nerve Daisy

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No slip-ups permitted here

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Northwest Indian Paintbrush

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Santa Barbara Milkvetch *
Skyrockets

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The crux of the mission

Note the metal handhold just above the ladder — a very welcome addition that was not there three years ago.

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The climbing area is known as Ancient Art

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Some gargoyles and three visible arches

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Basket of Gold *
Nineleaf Biscuitroot

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On the return, it is obligatory to visit the home of what might well be the best western-movie museum to be found anywhere.

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Red Cliffs Lodge *

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Heading for the eating pavilion *
A remarkable collection of old-west memorabilia


§: There is no place like this one.  I am so please finally to have completed this walk; much of the best scenery can be viewed only on the second half of the trail.

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