Bouldering is Fun

Rappelling @ Bear Mountain Bouldering Area

So, it's been a long while since I have posted. The combination of laziness, the lack of recent adventure, and college studies have kept me away. Recently though, I have managed to get out and explore the outdoor world. A recent trip to the newly discovered Bear Mountain Bouldering Area was definitely a good reason to post. After a couple of trips over the last summer it has been clearly established, that the place is a bouldering mecca and may even have some potential for some short powerful sport or trad climbing. Because the rock is just off the beaten trailing has caused us to foam at the mouth and cease our deep exploration of the area, so a few friends and I though it necessary to take a winter recon trip to the area. After a rolled ankle and a some cold toes the mission was deemed a success. The endless potential for boulder problems in the area is just that. The broad range of problems at Bear Mountain can facilitate any level of climber, potential grades range from V easy to a V9 (if the holds are secure), and that is only from what we found! We combed a small area of this bouldering paradise in about a four our time frame and we hardly touched the place. Bear Mountain is located in an unlikely location approximately 20 minutes from Dawson Creek British Columbia. With no clear sign of mountain or rock until Dawson Creek the area is for certain a diamond in the rough. Because I was constantly drooling over all potential boulders, feeling holds, and brushing, I took very few photos. I will share one that a friend took hoping that he's cool with it. This place is incredible and I look forward to further exploration and some first accents come summer. There has already been a very good guide book established by another local climber of the area, but it only documents a fraction of the potential that is at Bear Mountain. So here is my promise, "more photos and documented sends to come" and hopefully a hugely updated guidebook by fall!