Mount Bear is a high, glaciated peak in the
Saint Elias Mountains
The Saint Elias Mountains () are a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in southeastern Alaska in the United States, Southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia in Canada. The range spans Wrangell-St. Elias ...
of
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...
. It lies within
Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the Yukon border. The Barnard Glacier flows from its southwest slopes, while the Klutlan Glacier lies to the north. Its principal claim to fame is that it is a
fourteener
In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener (also spelled 14er) is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least . The 96 fourteeners in the United States are all west of the Mississippi River. Colorado
Co ...
, and in fact one of the
highest 20 peaks in the United States.
Despite its height, Mount Bear is a little-visited peak, being surrounded by higher and better-known peaks such as
Mount Bona
Mount Bona is one of the major mountains of the Saint Elias Mountains in eastern Alaska, and is the fifth-highest independent peak in the United States. It is either the tenth- or eleventh-highest peak in North America. Mount Bona and its adjace ...
on the west, and
Mount Lucania
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Mount Lucania is a mountain in the Yukon territory, Canada. At , it is the third-highest mountain in both Canada and the Saint Elias Mountains. A long ridge connects Mount Lucania with Mount Steele (), the fifth-highest in Canada.
Lucan ...
and
Mount Logan
Mount Logan ( ) is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali (McKinley). The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada ...
on the east. However it is a large peak even in relative terms: for example, the drop from the summit to the Barnard Glacier is in less than 5 miles (8 km), and in less than 12 miles (19.3 km).
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See also
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List of mountain peaks of North America
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
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List of mountain peaks of the United States
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the United States of America.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three main ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the tip o ...
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List of mountain peaks of Alaska
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Alaska.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summi ...
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List of the highest major summits of the United States
The following sortable table comprises the 477 mountain peaks of the United States with at least of topographic elevation and at least of topographic prominence.This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topogra ...
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List of the most prominent summits of the United States
The following sortable table comprises the 200 Topographic prominence, most topographically prominent Summit, mountain peaks of the United States, United States of America.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal w ...
References
External links
Mount Bear on Topozone*
Landforms of Copper River Census Area, Alaska
Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ...
Saint Elias Mountains
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
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