Start up pillar blocks and lead straight up over blocks, and up to a vertical seam with a shield of gold rock on its left.

Baby Bear

Mama Bear

Hot Porridge

Risky Bear

Bear Claw

Goldilocks

Papa Bear

A fun weekday climb that traverses the entirety of Three Bears wall.  Start up Bear Claw to jugs and then move right on good feet past shallow cracks.  Look higher to find a critical placement at a very slight, very dirty left facing corner, then move up and over onto slabby feet and edges and knobs for hands.  Meet up with Baby Bear at the top of the blocky column.  Continue traversing right, following the horizontal crack, then trend up again, aiming to cross Papa Bear above the prominent vertical crack.  Look for two lichen-encrusted parallel vertical cracks to take you up to the ledge, then finish with the Risky Bear boulder problem to top out.

The first few moves are easy leading to the ledge. Solid gear, but mostly small pieces. After the ledge is a little run-out section on decent crimps before arriving at good jugs for a couple bomb placements to go over the little roof/lip. Easy climbing from there to top. Not a good intro to lead because of the runout bit.

Surface on the start of the route is great practice for smears, and palming, the debris and foliage was not to bad on this wall. Moss on the face of some areas can contribute to bad foot smears. This particular route was fun because it was risky due to no protection for first 25 feet or so. *Dont skip the last Boulder at the top, best part*  you can finish by clearing left at top before final 15 feet, but the boulder adds to elevation of climb and requires tricky moves.  Also note, the back tree at top of route is not a single rope Rappel and retrieval. I made this mistake. Being that i solo climb and need a double length to clear my route, I got stuck and had to self rescue on my protected line off a small tree in the middle of the route. YAY.  The rappel tree is to the left of the route.

Over a bulge with interesting handrails, up steep section and through loose rock and the bear claw-like wedge boulders after which the climb is named.

Start 15 feet right of the Baby Bear pillar, underneath rightward anvil. Follow up and right over beautiful black rock to black streak.

Slabby start up to a vertical crack in a very shallow left-facing corner, then choose your own adventure to the top.Variation - trend right before the crack through large (and potentially sketchy) flakes.

Shady area shielded by trees. Moderate slab with easy climbs. Fair amount of plant life growing on the rock.

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Routes in 5. Three Bears Wall