Bear Mountain

This was a late start for me for this Challenge. Yet the weather was excellent. Bear is beautiful and still a bear of a hike.

Wow! This is one on the most strenuous hikes I've done in Arizona, besides the Grand Canyon.  From the start, you don't get much flat

Started at 7am, so glad I did! The temperature was 68 but climbed to 95 by the time I was back down! I can’t imagine

I wasn't sure what to expect from the shortest hike in the challenge and there was no disappointment.  Definitely a challenge with the amount of

Direct exposure most of the hike. Wasn't bad at all. Glad to be finished

My hike started out around 7:30am on a Tuesday morning. The trailhead was easily accessible via google maps, there were 4 other cars there when