Smokey is a bolted route with two halves split by bolted anchor on a small ledge.  The crux is in the first 10m at the 3rd bolt, leaving the shallow dihedral and again at top of second pitch on the slab/ice finish. Typically this is lead in one long 27m pitch to bolted anchor at top of crag. Ice forms on finish most often from March-May.

Smokey

Spider Nutz

Dingleberry Crack

Furry Thang

Grizzly

Spider Nutz is a short but strenuous bolted line between the

Ole No. 2

dihedral and

Smokey

. Bolts below a crack angle up and left through a bouldery and thin feet section 5 meters off the ground.

Ice often forms above here to the ledge where there is a two bolt anchor. This is the same ledge to the right of the anchor at the top of the first half of

Ole No. 2

.

This trad route sits left and on the upper ledge system of the Bear's Den.  From below, the offwidth/chimney crack looks less than appealing, but a #4 Camalot protects the opening move, and progressively smaller cams take one to the bolted anchor.

The crux is likely getting started on this slightly overhanging and intimidating wide crack. We climbed it often with one tool and hand jams in the middle section.

Furry Thang is the furthest bolted route on the left side of the Den, often with a meter diameter dagger at the base to the first bolt with small daggers dispersed above. When dry, getting off the ground is hard, and the route is overall sustained for its distance. Stick clipping is recommended.

Grizzly is the furthest right bolted route currently at the Den.

Climb past three bolts (crux) to pin and cam protected climbing to the final three bolts that go through the top bulge and past the often ice covered slab.

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Routes in Bear's Den