The snowbound spot in Montana where Captain Pike was living in seclusion at the start of Strange New Worlds, brooding on the vision of his future.
Bear Creek, Montana, is where Christopher Pike is first seen in the opening episode of Strange New Worlds. With the Enterprise under repair, he has retreated to a house in the mountains, grown a beard and taken to riding in the snow and watching old films, while avoiding calls from Starfleet.
He is haunted by what he saw on Boreth in Discovery: the accident that will one day leave him disfigured and unable to move. Captain Marie Batel, who is staying with him, leaves for her own ship, and he admits to no one how much the knowledge weighs on him.
Admiral Robert April ends the retreat by landing a shuttle beside Pike as he rides. First contact with Kiley 279 has gone wrong and Una Chin-Riley is missing, so Pike agrees to take the Enterprise out early.