[3] These rock towers' names refer to Zeus, a god in Greek mythology, and Moses, an important prophet in several religious traditions.

Zeus and Moses are composed of Wingate Sandstone, which is the remains of wind-borne sand dunes deposited approximately 200 million years ago in the Late Triassic.

The top of this geological formation rises 900 feet above the canyon floor at road's end, approximately one-half mile away.

[4] The first ascent of Moses was made in 1972 by Eric Bjornstad, Fred Beckey, Jim Galvin, Tom Nephew, and Gregory Markov, via the class 5.8 A3 north face.

This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimetres) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.