The Three Gossips is a sandstone pillar in Grand County, Utah, United States.
Description Three Gossips is located within Arches National Park and it is an iconic rock feature visible from the main park road at the Courthouse Towers area. Like many of the rock formations in the park, it is composed of Entrada Sandstone which formed between 180 and 140 million years ago.The Geologic Story of Arches National Park, Stanley William Lohman, US Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975.The Three Gossips, United States Geological Survey, August 1, 2023 The tower is 350 feet tall,“The Three Gossips”, Summitpost.com, August 1, 2023, https://www.summitpost.org/the-three-gossips/154843 and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above surrounding terrain in . Precipitation runoff from Three Gossips drains to the nearby Colorado River via Courthouse Wash. The pillars were named for the shape of the rock which resembles three heads talking amongst themselves.Fodor's The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the USA: All 63 Parks from Maine to American Samoa, Fodor's Travel, 2021, . This landform's descriptive toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. This landform was shown briefly in the opening scene credits of the 1989 American action adventure film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Climbing The first ascent of the summit was made in October 1970 by Allen Steck and Steve Roper via the West Face.First Ascent Timeline, deserttowersbook.com, Retrieved 2024-09-07.
Other rock-climbing routes on Three Gossips:
Lyon Trautner Route - class 5.10 - Charles Lyon, Todd Trautner - (1981)Lyon Trautner Route, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-07. Be There or Be Talked About - class 5.11 - Pete Gallagher, Bego Gerhart - (1988)Be There or Be Talked About, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-07. Speak No Evil - class 5.10 - Duane Raleigh, Lisa Raleigh - (1994)Speak No Evil, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-07. The Crystalline Entity - class 5.9 - David Evans, Tom Sherman, Margy Floyd - (1994)North America, United States, Utah, Arches National Park, Eric BjØrnstad, 1995, americanalpineclub.org
Access The formation can be seen from Courthouse Towers viewpoint and can be accessed through a short hike down into a large wash towards the east side of the pillars.The Three Gossips, Getting There, Summitpost.com, August 1, 2023
See also Geology of Utah Argon Tower
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Weather: Three Gossips The Three Gossips Rock Climbing: Mountainproject.com Arches National Park: National Park Service