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Submitted By: Wade Griffith on Apr 19, 2006
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First winter snows on Bear Creek Spire at sunrise


Description 

Amazing Sierra's granite with great trad and sport routes. Located in between Bishop and Mammoth this area is mostly a summertime area since the elevation sees enough snowfall to affect climbing.


Getting There 

Take the 395 south from Mammoth or North from Bishop till you reach Tom's Place. take this road south up into the canyon and you will see the formations on the west side of the canyon.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Rock Creek:
Pull Down Like De Jesus   V4     Boulder, 15 feet   Rock Creek Bouldering : Campground Boulder
Boi-oi-oi-ing!   5.10a     Trad, 3 pitches, 340 feet   Patricia Bowl : Orange Pillar
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Featured Route For Rock Creek
Wages of Skin. Looks can be deceiving, no real offwidth moves on the route.

Wages of Skin 5.10+  CA : Sierra Eastside : ... : Gong Show Wall
Once you scramble up a 3rd class ramp, negotiate the menacing off-width above by, well, staying to the left and bypassing it altogether. After a few scrambly moves (5.9/5.10ish), step ACROSS the off-width to your right, then face climb excellent rock past a couple bolts, then turn the lip onto some edgy slab. Gain the crack--which is now on your left--then charge up a slammer handcrack till the crack abruptly angles right into a traversing finger...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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Fall colors on display at Rock Creek.

Fall colors on display at Rock Creek.

Fall colors in Rock Creek

Fall colors in Rock Creek

Bear Creek Spire from Rock Creek, late spring.

Bear Creek Spire from Rock Creek, late spring.