Ever been to Fisher Towers, Ut.?

shawnc

After our Canyonlands visit, our Adventure Team, (Grandma, Grandpa, & Granddaughter) on our second day paid a visit to a sparsely visited place near Moab, UT.
Fisher Towers. Never heard of it? Neither did I. You've certainly seen it before though. Backdrop used in commercials and movies. It was quite a place, Very Majestic sitting all alone in the middle of nowhere, just east of the Colorado River.

All shot were taken at mid day.

More shots in Gallery

Side view of the "Ancient Art, Corkscrew, formation.


Climber ascent of Ancient Art


Reaching Base of Corkscrew


Climber summiting the Corkscrew


Another View



Last shot of a Husband/Wife team that made summit. Wife was posing at summit.

DitchDoc

It was recently used in a Citi bank commercial. Those are nice photos! I have some photos from the other side that are not nearly as nice as yours.

shawnc

DitchDoc wrote: »

It was recently used in a Citi bank commercial. Those are nice photos! I have some photos from the other side that are not nearly as nice as yours.

Yea, that is the commercial that came to my mind when I first saw the Corkscrew.
It was really cool to watch these folks summiting, and really didn't take all that long for them to reach the top. I seems that is the most popular climb there even though there are much taller structures.
Thx Doc

BeachBill

Nice!

I remember that place. It was one of the stops on the Smugmug/Dgrin Shootout in 2008.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=72702

shawnc

BeachBill wrote: »

Nice!

I remember that place. It was one of the stops on the Smugmug/Dgrin Shootout in 2008.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=72702

Looks like quite the adventure. One hell of a group to travel together. I'll bet it was fun.

pathfinder

Great series of images in your gallery link in the first post. You had some great skies for your shots, as well.

I was there in early November also, and this time drove Pucker Pass and Shafer Trail, as well as around behind Fisher Towers. Almost too many stream crossing to count, behind the Towers.

Post some more of your shots, you have some nice ones.

shawnc

pathfinder wrote: »

Great series of images in your gallery link in the first post. You had some great skies for your shots, as well.

I was there in early November also, and this time drove Pucker Pass and Shafer Trail, as well as around behind Fisher Towers. Almost too many stream crossing to count, behind the Towers.

Post some more of your shots, you have some nice ones.

Thanks Pathfinder, I am still working thru my shots and post to my gallery as I finish each park. Between work and grandchild rearing, it leaves little time for processing. We visited 4 parks on our Fall Adventure, Canyonlands, Dead Horse, Fisher Towers, and Goblin Valley. The skies were great the first day, then the clouds cleared away to crystal clear skies the rest of the trip. Some wonderful places to visit and will have to visit again.

kdog

Great stuff, Shawn. Love the climbing shots and the scale they add. #3 is my favorite of the climbing shots. #5 gets the nod for best landscape composition and light. But that last climbing shot is pretty sweet too.

Oh, and I too was on the Dgrin Moab shootout where we did sunset here. I really miss those shootouts. :cry

ian408

Very nice photos. Fisher Towers is a great place. There are a couple of roads back that way that light up with fall color too.

I enjoyed my time there.

shawnc

kdog wrote: »

Great stuff, Shawn. Love the climbing shots and the scale they add. #3 is my favorite of the climbing shots. #5 gets the nod for best landscape composition and light. But that last climbing shot is pretty sweet too.

Oh, and I too was on the Dgrin Moab shootout where we did sunset here. I really miss those shootouts. :cry

Thanks Joel. Sounds like there needs to be another shootout planned.

ian408 wrote: »

Very nice photos. Fisher Towers is a great place. There are a couple of roads back that way that light up with fall color too.

I enjoyed my time there.

Thanks Ian, Would have loved to have gotten onto some back roads out there, unfortunately, we were in a vehicle that was less than adequate for most of the backroads around Moab.

boco

mooie laatste.
grt,boco.

shawnc

boco wrote: »

mooie laatste.
grt,boco.

I assume you mean you like the last one?
Thanks.