{"id":2323,"date":"2010-05-31T19:16:54","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T02:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:18:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T22:18:03","slug":"getting-the-little-bear-colorado-14er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/31\/getting-the-little-bear-colorado-14er\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the Little Bear &#8211; Colorado 14er"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little Bear is known throughout Colorado as one tough class 4 climb. In the summer,    <\/a>  people have been injured and even killed from rock fall. In the winter it is a tough and steep snow climb.<\/p>\n<p>I know,   ambulance<\/a>  I have done both but only succeeded once.<\/p>\n<p>This late May,   I made it to the summit on a perfect day. The snow conditions were right between too much and too little. With mild temps, blue skies and perfect snow, I left my camp at 4:00Am and 3 hours later stood on top.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/alanarnette.com\/co14ers\/littlebear.php\">entire trip report <\/a>with all the pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<\/p>\n<p>Alan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Bear is known throughout Colorado as one tough class 4 climb. In the summer, people have been injured and even killed from rock fall. In the winter it is a tough and steep snow climb. I know, I have done both but only succeeded once. This late May, I made it to the summit on a perfect day. The snow conditions were right between too much and too little. 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