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Bear Paw

Green Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical109 ft
Length577 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top3,073 ft

Bear Paw drops 109 vertical feet over 577 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces northeast.

How well Bear Paw holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Bear Paw gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 3,070 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bear Paw profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear Paw elsewhere

Nearby at Mount Snow

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.