Distance
4.8 mi total
Elevation
4,589 ft start
6,499 ft max
Vertical
1,916 ft gain
Time
3 hr 31 min total
A pleasant hike to lower South Peak of Bear Mountain. The true summit (North Peak) is apparently a viewless one-mile thorny bushwhack that no one is inspired to endure for extra 30 feet of elevation gain. Close enough for me.
