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Elevation: 6,624 ft 2,019 m
GPS: 38.822, -104.88792
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Bear Creek Cañon Park is a quaint park that encompasses the canyon where Bear Creek meets the Front Range mountains west of Colorado Springs. It abuts and is south of Red Rock Canyon Open Space and the canyon to the north of North Cheyenne Canon. It is a popular hiking destination, and recently mountain biking trails are being created and improved.

Its main climbing areas are the Dakota Hogsback and the nearby Pigtail wall to its south. Sentinel and Grand Specimen Rocks can be easily seen north of the main road/trail at the bottom of Bear Creek Canon. However, these two formations are on Pike's National Forest land and are therefore not included in this area.

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Access to Dakota Hogback and the Pigtail is gained from Stephanie's Trailhead (found on Google Maps) at coordinates: 38.822856, -104.888406. The main canyon trailhead for Sentinel and Specimen Rocks is located here: 38.819044, -104.892874.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Bear Creek Cañon Park

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 16
● Dakota Righthand (submitted as S…
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 11
● Dakota Pride
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 9
● High on the Hog
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 12
● Dakota Kid
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 5
● Pigout Arete
Trad
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
 16
● When Pigs Fly
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 11
● DH Rightmost
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 15
● Hog Heaven
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 18
● Hog Wild
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 8
● War Pigs
Sport
Pigtail
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 7
● Bay of Pigs
Sport
Pigtail
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 8
● Hogtied
Sport
Pigtail
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
 9
● Warthog
Sport
Dakota Hogback (submi…
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Dakota Righthand (submitted… Dakota Hogback (submi…
 16
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Sport
● Dakota Pride Dakota Hogback (submi…
 11
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Sport
● High on the Hog Dakota Hogback (submi…
 9
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Sport
● Dakota Kid Dakota Hogback (submi…
 12
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
● Pigout Arete Dakota Hogback (submi…
 5
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● When Pigs Fly Dakota Hogback (submi…
 16
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c Sport
● DH Rightmost Dakota Hogback (submi…
 11
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
● Hog Heaven Dakota Hogback (submi…
 15
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
● Hog Wild Dakota Hogback (submi…
 18
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● War Pigs Pigtail
 8
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Bay of Pigs Pigtail
 7
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Hogtied Pigtail
 8
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Warthog Dakota Hogback (submi…
 9
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Sport
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