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Four Bears Boulder (Ridgeline) Climbing

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Routes in Four Bears Boulder (Ridgeline)

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	Barry Larkin V5+ 6C+
	Bear Ease V3 6A
	Bear Grylls V3-4 6A+
	Cocaine Bear V7 7A+
	Cub Scout V2 5+
	Manbearpig V2-3 5+
	Oso Slow V6 7A

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Elevation:	2,713 ft	827 m
GPS:	37.90618, -79.03508 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	EPurpur on Nov 20, 2023
Admins:	Shawn Heath, Aaron Parlier Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

A wide, just steeper than vertical wall. 12-15 feet at the tallest. This boulder is named in honor of the family of bears we saw the morning we first went to clean off this boulder. There was a momma and three cubs. This boulder has a distinctive smaller boulder sitting on top of it.

This is still a fresh boulder so there may be fragile edges, moss on holds or feet that hasn't been cleaned yet, etc. Please be careful! All the grades are just my guess and need some other people to give their opinion.

Some of the Forest pioneers like Brendan Condron and Matt Behrens first did the 'Bear Grylls' line in the middle of the boulder sometime around 2011 but none of the others were climbed since then. There are more lines to be done on this boulder, go ahead and try them!

Getting There

Walk uphill to the firehouse boulder and look to the left. You can see this boulder from firehouse (at least when leaves are not on the trees). It is about a 30 second walk from Firehouse to the left.