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The Grizzly Grotto Climbing

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Routes in The Grizzly Grotto

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	Dancing Bears S M9+
	Eric's World S M9+
	Grizzly Adams S M11-
	Hair of the Bear S M7
	Mauling, The S M8
	Smokey the Bear S M8+

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Elevation:	9,500 ft	2,896 m
GPS:	39.6459, -106.332 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

This drytool area has been separately named due to its unique location between the Spiral Staircase Area to the East and the Rigid Designator Area to the West. It is easily passed when traversing from the Rigid Designator to the Spiral Staircase and has been recently developed into a sport drytool area. The distinctive "cat walk" ledge marks the western edge, and the sizeable grotto lies midway along this 80m long wall. It is host to a few new drytool lines with many more possibilities. Multiple roofs and burly starts are some of the distinctive features found here.

Getting There

The area lies between the Spiral Staircase and the Rigid Desiginator Amphitheatre. It is left of the prow where the weakness/rope ladder leads to the cliff top for top-roping.