Rating: WI4
Length: 150 meters
Pitch 1 – Climb a short vertical step of ice that leads to a left leaning ramp to set a belay at the next vertical section of ice.
Pitch 2 – Climb through a short vertical section of ice to a ramp to set a belay at the main headwall of the climb.
Pitch 3 – Climb a long section of ice (50-60 meters) through varying terrain to find mushrooms of ice that lead to the top of the canyon rim.
FA: Chris Roach, Bruce Harris, & Scott Mignery, 1991.
Descent: Rap birch trees at the top to the belay at Pitch 3. V-thread on 60 meters to the base of the climb.
Lat/Long:
The approach to the three bears area can be made by heading up river past Thag-O-Mizer and climbing left of the Caribou Creek falls and walking by foot up river for about 0.3-0.5 miles.
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