Echo Tower

Echo Tower is a pillar in Grand County, Utah, United States.

Description Echo Tower is located northeast of Moab, Utah, in the Fisher Towers, on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Echo ranks as the third-steepest peak in the United States.Contiguous US Steepness List, listsofjohn.com, Retrieved 2024-09-13. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the tower's base. 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 the Fisher Towers Trail. Echo Tower is briefly shown (as a parachute flies by) in the opening scene of the film Austin Powers in Goldmember.Fisher Towers - Hittle Bottom Campground, sceen-it.com, Retrieved 2024-09-13.

Climbing The first ascent of the summit was made on October 19, 1966, by Harvey T. Carter, Fred Beckey, and Eric Bjørnstad via the North Chimney route.First Ascent Timeline, deserttowersbook.com, Retrieved 2024-09-13.North America, United States, Utah, Echo Tower, Fisher Towers, Fred Beckey, 1967, American Alpine Journal, americanalpineclub.orgStewart M. Green, Rock Climbing Utah, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, , p. 165.

Other rock-climbing routes on Echo Tower:

Run Amok - – Jim Beyer – (1979)Run Amok, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-13. Phantom Sprint – class 5.9 – Jim Beyer – (1986)Cameron Burns, Selected Climbs in the Desert Southwest: Colorado and Utah, The Mountaineers Books, 1999, , p. 71.Phantom Sprint, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-13. The Tapeworm – class 5.8 – Brad Jarrett, Brian Warshaw – (1994)1995 American Alpine Journal, 1995, p. 158. Emotional Grafitti – class 5.10 – Mike Baker, Leslie Henderson, Zach Merritt – (1994) The Iron Chef – class 5.7 – Chip Wilson, Steve Bartlett – (2007)The Iron Chef, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-13. Sidewinder – class 5.7+ – Paul Gagner, Jeremy Aslaksen – (2010)Sidewinder, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-13. Bad Religons – Jim BeyerBad Religons, Mountain Project, Retrieved 2024-09-13.

Geology Echo Tower is set on a fin and is composed of sandstone and mudstone of the Permian Cutler Formation.Castle Valley Overview United States of America, Virtual 3D Geoscience, v3geo.com, Retrieved 2024-09-05. 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 Echo Tower. 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.

Echo Tower

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