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Kiss A Bear

Green Boreal, CA

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical115 ft
Length972 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNW
Top7,293 ft

Kiss A Bear drops 115 vertical feet over 972 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 63rd steepest of 71 named runs at Boreal. It faces northwest.

How well Kiss A Bear holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 7°, Kiss A Bear gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boreal does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Boreal. Its top sits at 7,290 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.

Kiss A Bear profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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Nearby at Boreal

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.