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Lodge Run

Green Bear Valley, CA

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical173 ft
Length1,633 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top7,925 ft

Lodge Run drops 173 vertical feet over 1,633 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Lodge Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Lodge Run gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,930 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lodge Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lodge Run elsewhere

Nearby at Bear Valley

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.