Bear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho     User input for Bear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho: Be the first to submit input for Bear Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       It's always fun to stop by Bear Lake. All the outdoors exciting stuff in the Salmon River Mountains will keep you coming back over and over. This is a nice area for people who like lakes. Catherine Lake is a lake in close proximity; whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend Salmon River - East Fork of South Fork. Not sufficient hours in a day to enjoy this location. While you're here at Bear Lake you can take a hike along       the Mule Hill Trail, and one of the governing marks of the surroundings of Bear Lake is Cougar Peak. Brundage Mountain is a very popular ski area in the neighborhood, and you can stay the night at Golden Gate Campground. Bear Lake is a good location of common rain; most of the snow falls during January, and the driest month of the year is July. Through the days of summer highs here at Bear Lake get into the 70's. During the dark hours of summer temperatures                  fall down into the 30's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 30's while Bear Lake nighttime low temperatures through the winter are in the 0's. Have a pleasant hiking adventure along the Cougar Basin Trail, and a trip to Cougar Basin revives the soul. Yeah, come up here to the Salmon River Mountains for a good time. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Bear Lake has to offer, you can camp at Yellow Pine Campground. This lake is located in the wonderful Salmon River Mountains. This lake is so wonderful. Going for a hike along the Center Mountain Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this region, and there's whitewater on Johnson Creek for all you adrenaline rush seekers.   Current weather conditions at Bear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho Local climate location: WARREN 9 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 45.04306 Longitude: -115.2822 Salmon River Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Salmon River Mountains. Salmon River Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Salmon River Mountains. Idaho Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Idaho Valley County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Valley County Books about Bear Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Bear Lake, Salmon River Mountains, Valley County, Idaho. Outdoors Recreation Near Mountain Home, Idaho Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Mountain Home, Idaho, the metro area neareast to Bear Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. Idaho Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Idaho.     These outdoors activities are available near Bear Lake.   Camp Grounds Near Bear Lake: Golden Gate Campground, Valley County, 15 miles away Yellow Pine Campground, Valley County, 15 miles away Ice Hole Campground, Valley County, 17 miles away Pistol Creek Campground, Valley County, 18 miles away   Ski Areas Near Bear Lake: Brundage Mountain, Idaho, 17 miles away       1800 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Bear Lake: Salmon River - East Fork of South Fork, Valley CountyCounty, 15 miles away       Class IV - 2.5 miles long (Vibika Creek to Johnson Creek) Johnson Creek, Valley CountyCounty, 16 miles away       Class II(III) - 5 miles long (Yellow Pine airport to Johnson Creek gauge) Salmon River, Idaho CountyCounty, 18 miles away       Class III-IV - 79 miles long (Corn Creek to Vinegar Creek)   Trails Near Bear Lake: Cougar Basin Trail, Valley County, 6 miles away Center Mountain Trail, Valley County, 7 miles away Mule Hill Trail, Valley County, 9 miles away   Lakes Near Bear Lake: Catherine Lake, Valley CountyCounty, 1 miles away