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Bear Mountain ski runs

25 named runs · about 8 miles of skiing · 7,140 to 8,790 ft

Green 30% (2.5 mi)Blue 43% (3.5 mi)Black 13% (1.1 mi)Double black 14% (1.2 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Grizzly 37°
  2. Geronimo 32°
  3. Showtime 31°
  4. The Wedge 29°
  5. Outlaw 29°

Longest

  1. Easy Street 5,200 ft
  2. Park Run 4,500 ft
  3. Geronimo 3,700 ft
  4. Exhibition 2,700 ft
  5. Amusement Park 2,600 ft

Holds snow best

  1. The Wedge 59% sun
  2. Rip's Run 62% sun
  3. Geronimo 63% sun
  4. Exhibition 64% sun
  5. Grizzly 66% sun

Longest greens

  1. Easy Street 5,200 ft
  2. Amusement Park 2,600 ft
  3. The Park Run 1,700 ft
  4. Learning Curve 1,300 ft
  5. Inspiration 1,300 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 25 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Grizzly Black 262 ft 860 ft 37° 18° N Good
Geronimo Double black 1,118 ft 3,740 ft 32° 18° N Excellent
Showtime Double black 422 ft 1,597 ft 31° 16° N Good
The Wedge Double black 423 ft 1,167 ft 29° 22° NE Excellent
Outlaw Black 498 ft 1,635 ft 29° 18° NE Average
Outlaw's Alley Blue 149 ft 1,092 ft 27° 8° N Average
Ripcord Blue 543 ft 2,109 ft 27° 15° N Good
Exhibition Black 836 ft 2,667 ft 26° 18° N Excellent
Park Run Blue 1,007 ft 4,490 ft 25° 13° N Average
Gambler Blue 554 ft 2,065 ft 25° 16° NE Average
Rip's Run Black 307 ft 960 ft 24° 19° N Excellent
Expressway Blue 406 ft 2,012 ft 23° 12° NE Good
Accelerator Blue 277 ft 1,196 ft 23° 14° N Good
Street Scene Blue 51 ft 641 ft 23° 5° E Below average
Silver Connection Blue 357 ft 1,691 ft 20° 12° E Below average
Central Park Blue 247 ft 1,042 ft 18° 14° N Good
Boneyard Blue 276 ft 1,205 ft 18° 13° NE Good
Learning Curve Green 231 ft 1,264 ft 16° 11° NE Average
Inspiration Green 141 ft 1,251 ft 15° 7° N Average
Hidden Valley Blue 210 ft 1,664 ft 15° 7° N Average
Amusement Park Green 348 ft 2,627 ft 15° 8° NE Average
The Park Run Green 288 ft 1,694 ft 14° 10° N Average
The Gulch Green 87 ft 741 ft 13° 7° NW Average
Backdoors Green 53 ft 478 ft 12° 7° W Below average
Easy Street Green 551 ft 5,176 ft 11° 6° N Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.