Ancient Art is a pillar in Grand County, Utah, United States.
Description Ancient Art is located northeast of Moab, Utah, in the Fisher Towers, on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. There are four summits known as the North Summit (highest), Corkscrew Summit, Middle Summit, and Kient Art Summit. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above terrain in 0.2 mile (0.32 km). Precipitation runoff from the tower drains to Onion Creek which empties into the Colorado River, approximately three miles to the west. Access is via Fisher Towers Road from Route 128, and hiking on the Fisher Towers Trail.
Climbing The first ascent of the summit was made June 11, 1967, by Herbie Hendricks and Dennis Willis via the Hippie Route on the North Summit.First Ascent Timeline, deserttowersbook.com, Retrieved 2024-09-12.
Rock-climbing routes on Ancient Art:
Hippie Route - – Herbie Hendricks, Dennis Willis – (1967)Cameron Burns, Selected Climbs in the Desert Southwest: Colorado and Utah, The Mountaineers Books, 1999, , p. 67. Stolen Chimney (Corkscrew Summit) - class 5.10 – Paul Sibley and Bill Roos – (1969) Purebred (Middle Summit) - Harvey T. Carter, Dave Erickson, Ken Wyrick – (1971)Ancient Art, Gripped Magazine, February 25, 2014, gripped.com, Retrieved 2024-09-12. Adjacent Art (Kient Art Summit) - class 5.8 – Pete Takeda, Eric Kohl – (1996)The American Alpine Journal 1997, Eric Bjørnstad, The Mountaineers Books, , p. 155.
Geology Ancient Art is set on an eroded fin and is composed of 290 million years old sandstone, mudstone, and conglomerate of the Permian Cutler Formation.Castle Valley Overview United States of America, Virtual 3D Geoscience, v3geo.com, Retrieved 2024-09-12. The reddish coloration of the rock is a result of varying amounts of hematite.GeoSights: Fisher Towers – The towering red rock sculptures of Grand County, Utah, Carl Ege, Utah Geological Survey, Retrieved 2024-09-12.
Climate Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Ancient Art. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone with cold winters and hot summers. Summers highs rarely exceed . Summer nights are comfortably cool, and temperatures drop quickly after sunset. Winters are cold, but daytime highs are usually above freezing. Winter temperatures below are uncommon, though possible. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.
See also Fisher Towers
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References
External links Weather forecast: Fisher Towers Ancient Art Climbing: Mountainproject.com