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Eureka Pillar

Submitted By: Lee Frazer on Jun 2, 2009
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
Elevation: 10,000 feet
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Description 

600' quartzite wall. AKA "Eureka Tower." Kind of a big steepish ramp. Some loose rock. Exposed. Secluded.


Getting There 

The Eureka Pillar is located to the lookers left of the deep canyon by the old mill at Eureka.

See the photos posted under Gold Digger.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Eureka Pillar:
Hardrock Miner   5.8     Sport, 4 pitches, 600 feet, Grade III   
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By Chris Wenker
From: Santa Fe
Jun 9, 2009

Intriguing. Any better location or road info?

From the old mill ruins, does 'looker's left' mean the Tower is farther up Eureka Gulch (west of the mill); above or below the road?
Or does 'looker's left' mean that the Tower is even farther left (south), down the west side of the Animas River canyon?

Is the tower visible in this old photo?
http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10062210+X-62210
or on this topo?
http://www.1881.com/eurekatopo.pdf

By Lee Frazer
From: Durango, CO
Jun 11, 2009

Chris, I'm going to try to get up there in the next 3 days to climb these routes. Will take a camera and note pad to take down better directions ...and then post to MP! Stay tuned.

By Rob Schichtel
From: Cortez, CO
Jun 24, 2009

8 miles.

By Lee Frazer
From: Durango, CO
Jul 8, 2009

My apologies, but I did not climb this, so I'm awaiting more beta. Turns out I climbed the 5.9 at Goldrush last summer and not the 5.7 here. My apologies.

By Nate R. Smith
Jul 29, 2009

I posted some photos to show where Gold Digger starts. I hope this helps!

By Lee Frazer
From: Durango, CO
Aug 3, 2009

Cool, Nate. Thanks!