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The beautiful texture and color of Bear Mountain to our west. There used to be a lookout up there: The lookout was built in 1935 on the spur of Bear Mountain above Cosley (or Crossley) Lake. It featured a standard two-story cabin with a steep, short roof similar to those at the Apgar, Mount Brown, and Loneman Lookouts. A primitive telephone line connected the lookout to the Belly River Ranger Station in the valley below. The lookout was last manned in the early 1950s and was eventually razed in the mid 1960s.
Bear Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
Geology
Like the other mountains in Glacier National Park, Bear Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks 3 mi thick, 50 miles wide and 160 miles long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.
Bear Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
Geology
Like the other mountains in Glacier National Park, Bear Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks 3 mi thick, 50 miles wide and 160 miles long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.