• Source: Cottontail Tower

Cottontail Tower is a 5,980-foot-elevation (1,823-meter) pillar in Grand County, Utah, United States.




Description


Cottontail Tower is located 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Moab, Utah, in the Fisher Towers, on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Cottontail ranks as the second-steepest peak in the United States, second only to nearby The Titan. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 800 feet (244 meters) 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 one mile on the Fisher Towers Trail. This landform's descriptive toponym refers to the summit rock resembling the tail of a Cottontail rabbit. Cottontail Tower is briefly shown (as a parachute flies by) in the opening scene of the film Austin Powers in Goldmember.




Climbing


The first ascent of the summit was made June 11, 1967, by Harvey T. Carter, Art Howells, Mike Dudley, Don Doucette, Morgan Gadd, and Herbie Hendricks via the class 5.9 West Side Story route on the northwest side of the tower.
Other rock-climbing routes on Cottontail Tower:

Brer Rabbit - class 5.9 - Ed Webster (1978)
Road Kill - class 5.9 - Earl Wiggins, Art Wiggins, Katy Cassidy (1987)
Intifada - class 5.10 - Jim Beyer (1988)
Not So Soft - class 5.8 - Shawn MacRoe, Chris Van Leuven (1999)
Trick of the Tail - class 5.10+ - Paul Gagner, Jeremy Aslaksen (2011)
Free Gaza - Jim Beyer (2014)
Line in the Sand - Richard Jensen, Scott Peterson (2017)




Geology


Cottontail Tower is set on a fin and is composed of two principal strata of sandstone and mudstone: Permian Cutler Formation capped by Early Triassic Moenkopi Formation. There is an unconformity between the Cutler and the Moenkopi layers. The reddish coloration of the rock is a result of varying amounts of hematite.




Climate


Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Cottontail 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 100 °F (38 °C). Summer nights are comfortably cool, and temperatures drop quickly after sunset. Winters are cold, but daytime highs are usually above freezing. Winter temperatures below 0 °F (−18 °C) are uncommon, though possible. This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimeters) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.




See also


Fisher Towers
The Titan




Gallery






References






External links


Weather forecast: Fisher Towers
Cottontail Tower Climbing: Mountainproject.com

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Vincent Price
• Cottontail Tower
• Echo Tower
• Cottontail (disambiguation)
• Fisher Towers
• List of rock formations in the United States
• The Titan (Fisher Towers)
• Kingfisher Tower (Utah)
• Harvey T. Carter
• Playboy Bunny
• Ancient Art (Fisher Towers)