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Bear Cub

Green Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical365 ft
Length2,664 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesE
Top2,022 ft

Bear Cub drops 365 vertical feet over 2,664 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces east.

How well Bear Cub holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 8°, Bear Cub gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 2,020 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bear Cub profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear Cub elsewhere

Nearby at Holiday Valley

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.