"very easy summit. 300 ft vertical. Post-breakfast hike! Saw snoopy rock and aerial views of sedona from top. Right next to capital butte, making me want to do it. 2/5 Sedona 5 Peak Challenge. " — summit • Apr 8, 2024

"This was a tough run with the cold, dry air on elevation. I started at the North Trailhead and ran to the top of the tru Mt Wilson peak, which has no trail on the last section, but an easy bushwhack. From there I ran to the Sedona lookout and ran over to the other " Mt Wilson" peak and back down to the West Trail." — nandorszotak • Nov 3, 2023

"Took the rest of the family to the Stupa, then the 4 and 6 year olds were game to continue walking with me. We ended up summiting Little Sugarloaf which I didn't expect them to have energy for. They did great with the steep climb." — alarobric • Mar 19, 2023

"What do you do when you get to the trailhead and realize that you left your hiking boots back at the hotel? The answer is: you do the hike in your Uggs. That's right. I'm fUgging awesome ;) Literally no one has an excuse if I could do this whole hike, including the "agonizing bushwhack to the true summit" (to paraphrase Courtney Purcell in his book, and also echo a very accurate description of finding the true summit/Bear Mountain North) in snow and ice no less. In my 3-year-old much-loved and very worn Ugg boots. With ribbons up the back, because I'm classy and stylish and I like them like that. Anyway! Bear Mountain is a good trail hike that will really work your stair-stepping muscles; tons of stair-step moves and lots of steep slab. The trail is easy to follow, and when it goes through sandstone sections it is still marked by white blazes/elongated hexagons (white rupees [the Legend of Zelda kind]?) that have been stenciled onto the rocks. Very straightforward, a good hike, some relatively flat or shallow incline sections interspersed with steep climbs. All class I-II, I don't think there was a single class III move. The trailhead did fill up by the time we came back down (and ..." — psychikingjes • Dec 18, 2021

"Ken flew Amber & I into Cottonwood for the weekend to hike with Jessica. We picked Bear Mountain. The hike was beautiful, but cold. Once at the end of the trail, we made the agonizing bushwhack to the true summit, Bear Mountain North. We returned roughly the same way." — Kevin • Dec 18, 2021