page_title: Bear Creek Spire
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bear Creek Spire / History
caption_attribution_description: English: On the approach from Dade Lake to the East Arete of Bear Creek Spire
context_page_description: Bear Creek Spire is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California in the southwestern United States and is the 46th highest mountain in California and the 225st highest mountain in the United States. Bear Creek Spire is part of the John Muir Wilderness and the Inyo National Forest.
context_section_description: Bear Creek Spire was named in 1908 by Joseph LeConte, James Hutchinson and Duncan McDuffie, because of its position at the head of the Hilgard Branch of Bear Creek.
caption: On the approach from Dade Lake to the North Arete of Bear Creek Spire
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