Mount Bear

Mount Bear is a high glaciated peak in Alaska’s Saint Elias Mountains, within Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park near the Yukon border. Counted among the higher summits in the United States, it is notable as one of the country’s fourteeners. The mountain stands between major icefields, with Barnard Glacier on its southwest side and Klutlan Glacier to the north, and it has dramatic relief, dropping about 8,000 feet in less than 5 miles and about 10,000 feet in less than 12 miles. Though less visited and less renowned than nearby peaks such as Mount Bona, Mount Lucania, and Mount Logan, it remains an imposing part of one of North America’s great glaciated mountain landscapes.

McCarthy, Alaska · United States