Bear Creek Spire, California, USA (13,713 ft / 4180 m): via the NE Ridge

July 31, 2005

Bear Creek Spire (13,713')

Brief report:

Climbed with awagher and ming21. We left from our bivy spot at Dade Lake at 5:16am. Just about an hour later we got to the saddle and the start of the NE Ridge route. We took two 50M ropes and an alpine rack but never used it on the climb. Made the summit at 8:45am. Some puffy white clouds but never threatning. Descended via Ulrichs route and back at our bivy spot by 11:15am. Packed up and headed out. At 1:15pm we're having cold beers at the Mosquito Flat T/H parking lot and later we hit the Upper Crust Pizza joint in Bishop; the pizza was decent there.

Additional info about climbing Bear Creek Spire can be found here.


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