Upper Bear Creek, Colorado Weather
Upper Bear Creek, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Upper Bear Creek, Clear Creek County.
Full aviation weather for Upper Bear Creek is published on the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) page, 40 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Upper Bear Creek have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Upper Bear Creek: Boulder Municipal Airport (KBDU) 48 km · Centennial Airport (KAPA) 49 km · Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) 52 km · Buckley Space Force Base (KBKF) 57 km
Conditions reported at KBJC describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Upper Bear Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Upper Bear Creek.
About Upper Bear Creek, Colorado
Upper Bear Creek is a place where the mountains seem to hold their breath, their granite shoulders draped in the deep green of lodgepole pine and spruce. It lies 14.2 miles west of Dakota Ridge, CO (from Dakota Ridge, CO: bearing 278°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west of Evergreen. The creek itself, a ribbon of glacial meltwater, tumbles and murmurs over smooth, grey stones, its voice a constant, cool presence in the hushed air. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in sharp, bright shafts, illuminating the forest floor where wild columbine and Indian paintbrush bloom in defiant bursts of color. The land here is steep, a rugged embrace of slopes that rise abruptly towards the sky, their uppermost reaches often dusted with lingering snow even into the summer months. The air itself carries a crispness, a scent of pine resin and damp earth that speaks of high country solitude. The history of Upper Bear Creek is etched into the very bedrock, a legacy of hardscrabble mining and the relentless pursuit of fortune. Long before the paved roads and the occasional hum of an automobile, this valley echoed with the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts, as prospectors sought the precious metals that lay hidden within these formidable peaks. The economy, once tethered to the boom and bust cycles of mining, has found a steadier footing in the rugged beauty that draws adventurers and those seeking respite from the lowlands. Local businesses, small and resilient, cater to hikers, climbers, and the quiet hum of residents who have chosen to make their lives in this remote, breathtaking corner of the Rockies, their days measured by the arc of the sun and the changing moods of the mountain weather.
Live animated radar for Upper Bear Creek and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Upper Bear Creek, Clear Creek County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.6319°N, 105.4154°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 80439 |
| Area Code | 303, 720 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Upper Bear Creek, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Bear Creek, Colorado, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Upper Bear Creek includes coordinates 39.631900°N, 105.415400°W, situated in Clear Creek County. ZIP code 80439. Telephone area code: 303, 720. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
