This pitch is a real bear. Don't forget to tape up. Hikers and runners will stop to gawk at the spectacle of suffering rock-climber clawing their way up the blue-collar wide crack. Feels long and tiring with several fisty bulges and a wild roof exit at the top.

 Lower/rappel 110' from two-bolt chain anchor. If you only have a 60m rope, you can traverse 30 feet left to the two-bolt ring anchor for Be Bear Aware (100' rap).

 You can also tag the summit via easy 4th class.

Spectacled Bear

Ursa Minor

Be Bear Aware

The skinny crack on the west face offers an interesting mix of styles. Difficulty gradually increases until techy crux sequence through the last three bolts in the yellow band. A short chimney guards the anchor.

 Lower/rap from two-bolt ring anchor.

 You can also tag the summit via easy 4th class.

Start up the East side of the mudrock spire.  There is a step-across to a crack, onto some ledges then to a bolt at a headwall.  Mantle up, make the next high clip and go around the North side of the Spire to find a belay at the base of a gully.  P2 -    Up the double cracks to a fine 3/4 inch crack to finish at chains.  One 60 meter rope will need some stretching to get off (send the Tallest guy down first (maybe use knots)).

Also known as Bear Mountain Spire and visible from Boynton Pass Road, this is the prominent 100-foot tower located on the first bench of the Bear Mountain trail.

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Routes in Ursa Minor Spire