Mount Bear, Mountain summit in Alaska, United States

Mount Bear is a summit in the Wrangell-Saint Elias range characterized by steep rocky terrain and permanent snow and ice fields. The mountain sits amid a complex system of glaciers and exposed ridges that define its rugged profile.

Mount Bear was first climbed in July 1951 by Jon Lindbergh, Rupert Gates and Alfred Baxter, who started from the upper Klutlan Glacier. The 4,520 m peak is the ninth-highest mountain in Alaska and lies in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park, about 6 km west of the Yukon border.

The name comes from the bear, though the sources give no naming story. The 1951 first ascent by Jon Lindbergh, Rupert Gates and Alfred Baxter started from the upper Klutlan Glacier, and that route remains the reference line for later parties. The peak lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the Yukon border inside Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park.

The 1951 first-ascent route began from the upper Klutlan Glacier on the north side, so approach planning centres on that glacier rather than the Barnard Glacier to the southwest. The peak lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the Yukon border inside Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park, and the nearest higher, better-known summits are Mount Bona to the west and Mount Lucania and Mount Logan to the east.

Mount Bear is one of the twenty highest peaks in the United States, yet it is rarely visited because Mount Bona, Mount Lucania and Mount Logan overshadow it. From the summit the drop to the Barnard Glacier is 2,440 m in less than 8 km, and 3,050 m in less than 19.3 km.