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Bear Valley ski runs

78 named runs · about 24 miles of skiing · 6,560 to 8,490 ft

Green 7% (1.8 mi)Blue 35% (8.6 mi)Black 52% (12.6 mi)Double black 3% (0.7 mi)

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

Steepest

  1. Quicksilver 50°
  2. Hari Kari 49°
  3. Yellow Submarine 47°
  4. Bronco Cliffs 45°
  5. Other Half 45°

Longest

  1. Orvis Saddle 5,800 ft
  2. Patty's Way 5,700 ft
  3. Lunch Run 5,600 ft
  4. Bear Boogie 4,300 ft
  5. Home Run 4,200 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Fool's Bowl 36% sun
  2. Quicksilver 36% sun
  3. Bronco Cliffs 36% sun
  4. Infinity Bowl 38% sun
  5. Other Half 39% sun

Longest greens

  1. Lodge Run 1,600 ft
  2. Cub Meadow 1,600 ft
  3. Triangle 1,600 ft
  4. Ego Alley 1,500 ft
  5. Rodeo 1,400 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 78 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Six Dead Trees Black 398 ft 779 ft — 32° NE Excellent
Freefall Black 1,104 ft 2,986 ft — 23° NE Excellent
Jock's Spot Black 697 ft 1,870 ft — 23° NE Good
Sunspot Black 1,046 ft 2,420 ft — 27° N Excellent
Quicksilver Black 533 ft 968 ft 50° 34° NE Excellent
Hari Kari Double black 363 ft 682 ft 49° 33° NW Excellent
Yellow Submarine Black 492 ft 1,340 ft 47° 22° NE Good
Bronco Cliffs Black 434 ft 896 ft 45° 30° N Excellent
Other Half Black 525 ft 996 ft 45° 32° NE Excellent
Phil's Knob Black 493 ft 1,065 ft 45° 28° N Excellent
Fool's Bowl Black 747 ft 1,388 ft 45° 33° NE Excellent
Parasite Pitch Black 426 ft 843 ft 43° 31° N Excellent
Renegade Black 653 ft 1,574 ft 43° 26° N Excellent
Cece's Double black 324 ft 674 ft 43° 30° N Excellent
Flying Serpent Black 979 ft 2,110 ft 42° 28° N Excellent
Infinity Bowl Black 487 ft 976 ft 42° 31° N Excellent
Orvis Saddle Black 1,204 ft 5,760 ft 41° 14° NW Average
Tortilla Cliffs Black 283 ft 673 ft 41° 25° N Excellent
Bronco Unrated 334 ft 908 ft 41° 22° NW Excellent
Lower Snow Valley Unrated 690 ft 2,848 ft 40° 15° NW Good
Strawberry Fields Black 634 ft 1,775 ft 40° 21° N Excellent
Uptight Double black 599 ft 1,047 ft 40° 35° NE Excellent
Red Barron Black 601 ft 1,737 ft 37° 21° NW Excellent
Grizzly Ridge Black 879 ft 2,098 ft 37° 25° N Excellent
Lift Line Black 490 ft 1,291 ft 37° 23° NE Good
Vortex Black 742 ft 1,721 ft 36° 26° N Excellent
Waterfall Black 399 ft 910 ft 36° 27° N Excellent
Murry's Meadow Black 331 ft 949 ft 35° 21° NW Excellent
Jess's Roll Black 597 ft 2,299 ft 35° 16° W Below average
West Ridge Double black 384 ft 1,624 ft 34° 15° NW Good
The Slot Black 429 ft 1,018 ft 34° 25° N Excellent
Kohoutek Gully Black 391 ft 1,413 ft 32° 16° N Excellent
Airplane Hanger Black 433 ft 1,096 ft 31° 24° NW Excellent
Anticipation Black 692 ft 1,907 ft 31° 22° N Excellent
East Ridge Blue 470 ft 3,052 ft 31° 10° SE Poor
Feather Duster Black 463 ft 1,590 ft 31° 17° NW Good
Lonely Pine Blue 401 ft 1,288 ft 31° 18° NW Good
Tortilla Flats Black 253 ft 671 ft 30° 23° NW Excellent
Monte Wolfe Black 494 ft 1,648 ft 30° 18° NE Average
Little Strawberry Black 333 ft 891 ft 30° 22° N Excellent
Blue Jay Way Black 427 ft 1,701 ft 29° 15° NW Average
National Black 410 ft 1,022 ft 29° 24° NE Excellent
Kyle's Black 247 ft 830 ft 29° 17° NW Good
Porrige Bowl Black 155 ft 434 ft 28° 21° NE Good
Cornice Black 151 ft 443 ft 27° 20° N Excellent
NASTAR Blue 469 ft 1,869 ft 27° 15° NW Good
Groovy Gully Black 395 ft 1,474 ft 27° 16° N Excellent
Home Run Black 798 ft 4,228 ft 27° 12° SE Poor
Lower Mokelumne Black 236 ft 620 ft 27° 22° NE Excellent
Sugar Blue 365 ft 1,172 ft 26° 18° NW Good
West World Blue 648 ft 2,798 ft 26° 14° W Below average
Tigger's Black 399 ft 1,348 ft 25° 17° NW Good
Lunch Run Blue 1,088 ft 5,579 ft 24° 12° S Poor
Oopla Black 324 ft 1,239 ft 24° 15° W Average
Big John Black 670 ft 2,807 ft 24° 14° W Below average
Goldilocks Blue 359 ft 1,288 ft 24° 16° W Below average
Shady Grove Blue 669 ft 2,710 ft 24° 14° W Below average
Spyglass Black 334 ft 1,275 ft 24° 16° N Good
Bear Boogie Blue 837 ft 4,330 ft 23° 11° W Below average
Patty's Way Blue 565 ft 5,670 ft 23° 7° SE Below average
Hog Back Blue 356 ft 1,379 ft 23° 15° NW Average
Upper Snow Valley Black 405 ft 2,035 ft 22° 12° N Excellent
Mokelumne West Blue 546 ft 3,048 ft 22° 10° NW Average
Upper Mokelumne Blue 248 ft 1,817 ft 22° 8° N Average
Ego Alley Green 254 ft 1,518 ft 22° 10° N Good
Grouse Connection Blue 682 ft 3,126 ft 21° 13° W Below average
Pace Setter Blue 86 ft 392 ft 21° 13° NW Average
Water Tank Blue 397 ft 2,987 ft 20° 8° N Average
Satisfaction Blue 239 ft 1,009 ft 20° 14° W Below average
Corral Ridge Black 222 ft 3,362 ft 19° 4° NW Average
Rodeo Green 247 ft 1,417 ft 18° 10° N Good
Pipeline Blue 266 ft 2,214 ft 16° 7° W Below average
Greg's Way Green 37 ft 1,010 ft 15° 3° S Below average
Burgess Bridge Blue 125 ft 827 ft 15° 9° W Below average
Lodge Run Green 173 ft 1,633 ft 14° 6° NE Average
Enchanted Forest Green 101 ft 907 ft 13° 7° NE Average
Cub Meadow Green 200 ft 1,570 ft 12° 7° E Below average
Triangle Green 165 ft 1,566 ft 12° 6° NE Below 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.