Bear Canyon Group Site B
Campground
Campground · 2.4 mi from the trail
Utah · Hiking · Near Mount Pleasant
Bear Canyon
- 0.5 mi
- round trip
- 218 ft
- climb
- 8,168 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Bear Canyon open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Bear Canyon is an easy, short hike in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Spanish Fork Ranger District. The trail is an out-and-back of about 0.46 miles, with a one-way climb of 218 feet from a low point at 7,921 feet to a high point at 8,168 feet. The Forest Service manages the land, and the route makes an easy add-on to a day spent exploring the surrounding trails and campgrounds. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Electric Lake show July highs around 74°F with lows near 41°F, while winter highs stay in the mid-20s. That station sits about 212 feet above the trail's high point, so temperatures on the hike may run a bit cooler. The NEBO LOOP WINTER hike is about 0.6 miles away, and Summit Trail is about 1.2 miles off. Bear Canyon Campground and Cottonwood Campground lie about 2.4 and 2.7 miles from the trail.
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Best time to go · Jun–Sep
Best time to visit Bear Canyon
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
27° / 4°
12 wet
Feb
30° / 3°
11 wet
Mar
38° / 10°
10 wet
Apr
43° / 18°
11 wet
May
55° / 27°
9 wet
Jun
66° / 35°
6 wet
Jul
74° / 41°
5 wet
Aug
72° / 40°
8 wet
Sep
63° / 32°
7 wet
Oct
48° / 22°
8 wet
Nov
35° / 15°
10 wet
Dec
25° / 2°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Electric Lake, UT, 29.9 mi away at 8,380 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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