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Uncle Rico youll be fine in there. We had all our gear but didnt use anything but a rope on the larger bear falls and webbing on the smaller one... We just climbed down with our brute strength as they are not too difficult. The upper drop in stuff has great use trails around any obstacle all the way...

Thats thee narrows...yup. I wouldnt consider any part of it too hard. Its not like easy peasy, but the downclimbs Id say are about 5 out of 10...if that much. Its like if you can do lower Hermit pools then it should be fine. Depends on waterflow too. The place where no human can go, the defile, sim...

JeffH wrote: Great story! What did you have for breakfast?

We got the "everyday value slam." There is no value in that food! Spent the next day as close to a restroom as possible! ? Pretty sure it had to be those "fresh cracked" eggs.

Please do! The more traffic that goes through there maybe it will push those unsavory folks away... Have fun in there! It kind of reminds me of a smaller iron fork adventure. Saw lots of cat evidence... Both large and small. And the usual bear pie every now and then... But no wildlife to report. It ...

Thanks for the great write-up. Now you have me all curious about the dark defile. I bet it's full of the bodies of hikers who ran into angry farmers. BTW - I moved this topic to the Trip Reports section, but a link will remain in News & Conditions for a little while. Thank you! Obviously a newb...

10.JPG 11.JPG Not far from the “defile” you reach what I consider “Bear Creek Falls.” It’s the largest falls in Bear. This is the point where you can hike up from the bottom. There is supposed to be a use trail around this fall but it looked way up and VERY steep to try and chance it this late in t...

Sorry for such a delayed write-up. I ended up getting “down with the sickness.” Doing anything, let alone remembering the fun and excitement I had, was too much to “bear.” Today I fulfill my promise, albeit not as great as I once imagined… damn you sickness. Jolted to life by the obnoxious beeping o...

Hey all... Im preppin a write up on last weeks adventure down bear creek through its narrows... Not over smith saddle...but down to west fork... Anywho... Has anyone else been down?? Have a question or two of what you may have or havent seen there... Please let me know... But if not... Stand by.... ...

Im usually just lurking in the shadows around here but being an avid canyoneerer i thought other folks would appreciate the fs is allowing canyon travel again provided you follow thier requests... Not the best but at least its accessible to the right folks again.... http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal...