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Bear

Green Brundage, ID

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical583 ft
Length3,030 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesW
Top6,491 ft

Bear drops 583 vertical feet over 3,030 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 61st steepest of 76 named runs at Brundage. It faces west.

How well Bear holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 11°, Bear gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brundage does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Brundage. Its top sits at 6,490 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bear profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear elsewhere

Nearby at Brundage

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.