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Tarryall Tower Rock Climbing

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	Tarryall Tower Crack T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Witters-Yeatts Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
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Elevation:	9,964 ft	3,037 m
GPS:	39.24801, -105.45544 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Tarryall Tower is one of the major technical summits of the Lost Creek Valley. Located at the upper end of the valley, the tower overlooks a rugged wilderness of pink granite and aspen trees. The first ascent of the tower was reported in Trail and Timberline (1967, #593).

Two of the hardest Tarryall Tower routes were put up on the West Face by Strappo Hughes, Kirk Miller, and Gerry Rock (late 1980s). These routes are about three pitches long. Both aid and bolts where used sparingly. These routes were never reported in any journals.

Getting There

From Denver, drive US Highway 285 southwest over Kenosha Pass. After the highway descends into South Park, take the first left turn onto Lost Park Road (FR 56). It is nearly twenty miles to the campground at the end of the road (Delorme Gazetteer, p49). You can see the dirt road from the highway while descending from Kenosha Pass.

From the trail-head, hike down Lost Creek about four miles, passing through the meadows of East Lost Park along the way. Most of the hike is along a flat and easy trail.

After the junction, where the Wigwam trail turns left, the "Brookside" trail is less well maintained. A mile past the Wigwam junction the trail runs close to the creek, then starts dropping steeply. At some point the path must be abandoned to traverse/ascend steep brushy mountainside up to the tower. There is no climber path of any kind.