| Official Name: | Upper Bear Creek, Colorado |
| Settlement Type: | Census Designated Place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Upper Bear Creek CDP in the |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clear Creek County |
| Government Type: | unincorporated community |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.819 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.803 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.016 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 984 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 39.6319°N -105.4154°W |
| Elevation M: | 2295 |
| Elevation Ft: | 7529 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[3] |
| Postal Code: | Evergreen 80439 |
| Area Codes: | 303 & 720 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature[4] |
| Blank Info: | Upper Bear Creek CDP |
Upper Bear Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Upper Bear Creek CDP was 984 at the United States Census 2020. The Evergreen post office (Zip Code 80439) serves the area.[3]
The Upper Bear Creek area is rich in history - Troutdale in the Pines, a posh resort hotel, catered to Hollywood movie stars and America's elite in the 1920s and served as a vacation spot for Denverites escaping the summer heat. Other summer resorts sprang up in the area as well, including the Greystone Guest Ranch and the Brookforest Inn. In more recent history, Willie Nelson, Lee Majors, Farrah Fawcett, and others have lived along Upper Bear Creek.
Additionally, the Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab School, a campus of the Jefferson County Public Schools, is located in the Upper Bear Creek area. Many Jeffco 6th graders will spend a week at Mt. Evans, or the other outdoor lab school, Windy Peak, where they stay in cabins or dorms and study various aspects of the outdoors, including forestry, astronomy, ecology, and pioneer history, among others.[5]
Generally regarded as the most exclusive and desirable area within Evergreen, Upper Bear Creek features outstanding trout fishing (for homeowners and guests), peaceful serenity and meadows, and in many spots views of Mt. Evans.
The Upper Bear Creek CDP has an area of 9.819km2, including 0.016km2 of water.[1]
Corral Creek (RAWS) and Evergreen 6.5 WSW (CoCoRaHS) are weather stations near Upper Bear Creek with temperature and precipitation/snowfall data, respectively.[6] [7] Corral Creek has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with long, snowy winters and warm but relatively short summers that are more characteristic of a subalpine climate (Köppen Dfc).
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the