Ken Russell (Port Orchard, WA) writes:

"I visited [Bear Mountain #118 (Chelan County, WA)] on October 28, 2012.  It was a nice evening with wide views and just a thin coat of snow on the summit.  To the west rise the high Cascade Mountains and to the east and north, Lake Chelan is framed by high peaks.  The mighty Columbia River can be seen to the southeast.  My only company on the hike was a buck and two does.

"I don’t blame Tony Johnson and Theresa Fisher for turning back from the summit of [Bear Mountain #119 (Clallam County, WA)].   The thick trees and brush (dripping wet when I was there on May 18, 2013) made me feel like I was swimming sometimes instead of hiking.  No views but the summit did have wild rhododendrons that are probably very nice when they bloom."

Tony Johnson and Theresa Fisher write with news of their visit to Bear Mountain #119 (Clallam County, WA) on June 6, 2013:

“Attached are Google Earth images, an altitude profile, and photos of the view from near the peak, which was inaccessibly overgrown.  A gang of men from the village with chain saws would have taken a few days to ascend the final 200 feet. Since we couldn't reach the summit we would be most pleased to get a B from the good professor. Our argument for that mark is that the fire roads and trailhead to the mountain are unmarked or indistinct, so finding them required careful reading of the topo and forest services maps by navigator Theresa Fisher.

“Theresa and Tony met Joe through his brother, Fred, who is a fellow alumnus of Tony's at Pomona College.”