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Baby Bear

Double black Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch42°
Vertical547 ft
Length1,104 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesSE
Top6,479 ft

Baby Bear drops 547 vertical feet over 1,104 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces southeast.

How well Baby Bear holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 30°, Baby Bear gets about 140% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 6,480 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.

Baby Bear profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Baby Bear elsewhere

Nearby at Fernie

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.