4.3 Miles Roundtrip

1,469 ft Elevation Gain

Challenging & Steep Trail with a Ladder to Incredible Red Sandstone Towers and an Astounding View of Castle Valley

The Fisher Towers trail is an incredibly beautiful hike in the Castle Valley area near Moab just off of Highway 128 (The Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway) that offers amazing views of the whole valley and of the towers. You can see the Colorado River, the Red Hoodoos below, and the Buttes that surround you like the Totem Pole, the Castle, the Priests and the Nuns, and Fisher Mesa.

The red sandstone towers like the Titan tower shows up very well at sunset and sunrise and seems otherworldly red. My wife and I hiked it during sunrise and the place was nearly empty but it filled up fast as we made our way down the steep tower trail back to the parking lot.

The rock in the picture on the right (below) looks like a chick or a dinosaur sitting in a nest.

To the east are little valleys and canyons with red hoodoos and small towers and you can hike among them on a separate trail. There’s also apparently a petroglyph or pictograph somewhere on the trail but I couldn't find it, unfortunately.

If you have your dogs, you should know there is a ladder that you must traverse and the trail has many cliffs and steep edges.

To the north you can see the Book Cliffs through the gorge the Colorado River cuts. The views all around are just amazing and worth the hike alone.

Make sure you bring plenty of water. The steep elevation gain is no joke.

When my wife and I hiked the Fisher Towers Trail in early April of 2024, clouds moved in and partially covered the sun which cast shadows down onto the area that made the whole valley look like it was underwater. It was incredible and beautiful and quite surreal.

Here’s a neat view of the Fiser Towers from the La Sal Mountain Loop State Scenic Backway.