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Bear Cub, Wall Bottom

Green Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical42 ft
Length206 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top1,666 ft

Bear Cub, Wall Bottom drops 42 vertical feet over 206 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 80 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Bear Cub, Wall Bottom holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Bear Cub, Wall Bottom gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 1,670 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.

Bear Cub, Wall Bottom profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.