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Beartown Rocks Bouldering

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Areas in Beartown Rocks

89 Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

AntiGrant 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Bridge Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

David Schwimmer Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Lookout Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Mossy Corner 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

New Kids on the Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Picking Berries 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sidewinder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Turtle with a Top Hat 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Elevation:	1,875 ft	571 m
GPS:	41.3035, -79.05979 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: Roads are not plowed in winter months. Details

Description

Beartown Rocks is a small section of Clear Creek State Park. Most of the visitors are locals who bring their families to check out the rocks and lookout. For us climbers, it is a small, yet quality area for bouldering on some Pennsylvania gritstone! On nice days, expect a few families walking around the rocks or hiking through on the trail. Unfortunately, this location has fallen victim to some graffiti but the climbs are still quality nonetheless. Oh and hey, don't litter!
The ratings we have set on these climbs are tentative and our development crew is very open to outsider commentary. The ratings we have set are rather uncharacteristic of the sandbagged western PA and WV ratings and more based on the ratings we have experienced in the south. Please feel free to comment because we are very open to suggestions!

Getting There

If driving on 949 South, you're looking for Corbett Road on your left, directly after the State Parks Building. If you go over the bridge and start driving uphill you have gone too far. Follow Corbett for a few minutes unitl the very obvious sign stating "Beartown Rocks" on your right.
If driving on 949 South, the road you're looking for is Spring Creek on the right. After waving to the goat tied to a tree, follow the road for a few minutes and then follow the left bend. The road eventually turns to dirt. Corbett Road is on your left after about a mile and is on the peak of the hill. Follow Corbett until the large Beartown Rocks sign on your left.
The parking lot is right next to the rocks!

Bat Conservation | How You Can Help

See a Bat on a Route, Give Us a Shout!

Hey Beartown climbers, Ken Hull here. I’m working with Rob Schorr, a researcher at Colorado State University, to help him spread the word on his bat research. Here’s a message from him about this important work and how we, as climbers, can help.

“Climbers for Bat Conservation is working with climbers to understand bat ecology and why bats choose certain cracks and flakes. We’re a collaboration between climbers, bat biologists, and land managers to understand where bats roost and where large populations may reside. We are interested in finding bats because of a new disease called white-nose syndrome (whitenosesyndrome.org) which has killed millions of bats in North America. This collaboration has identified bat roosts throughout the U.S., and as far away as Norway and Bulgaria. CBC was developed by biologists who climb and they are advocates for climbing access and bat conservation.

So, if you see bats while climbing, please let us know by emailing us at climbersforbats@colostate.edu, or visiting our website to learn more. climbersforbats.colostate.edu.”

Thank You!
Rob Schorr

Zoologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program (warnercnr.colostate.edu/rschorr/)
Director, Climbers for Bat Conservation
Robert.schorr@colostate.edu

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Classic Climbing Routes at Beartown Rocks

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V2 5+ 6 ● Picking Berries Boulder Picking Berries
V4 6B 4 ● Clap of Thunder Boulder Bridge Area
V5 6C 7 ● Iron Bridge Boulder Bridge Area