Bear Creek Spire is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California, in the western United States,[1] and is the 46th highest mountain in California and the 225th highest mountain in the United States.

[2] Bear Creek Spire is part of the John Muir Wilderness and the Inyo National Forest.

[1] 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.

[3] The first ascent of Bear Creek Spire was a solo climb by Hermann Ulrichs in 1923 up its west face.

[3][4] Norman Clyde established the Northeast Face route in October 1931 and a route up the Northeast Buttress in May 1932.