Mount Bear

{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska, United States}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Bear

| photo = Mount Bear fromplane.jpg

| elevation_system = NAVD88

| elevation = 14,831 ft (4520 m)

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=501|title=Mount Bear, Alaska|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=December 30, 2015 }}

| prominence = 5054 ft (1540 m)

| prominence_ref =

| isolation = 20.1 mi (32.4 km)

| isolation_ref =

| listing = {{unbulleted list

|North America highest peaks 20th

|US highest major peaks 9th

|US most prominent peaks 124th

|Alaska highest major peaks 9th

}}

| map = Alaska

| map_caption = Alaska

| label_position = left

| location = Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S.

| range = Saint Elias Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|61.2838889|N|141.1422222|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1398758 |name=Mount Bear |access-date=2013-01-17}}

| topo = USGS McCarthy B-1

}}

Mount Bear is a high, glaciated peak in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska. 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, 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 on the west, and Mount Lucania and Mount Logan 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 {{convert|8000|ft|m|-1|abbr=on}} in less than 5 miles (8 km), and {{convert|10000|ft|m|-1|abbr=on}} in less than 12 miles (19.3 km).

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