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Bear

Green Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical108 ft
Length1,955 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesNW
Top8,132 ft

Bear drops 108 vertical feet over 1,955 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 50 named runs at Sierra-At-Tahoe. It faces northwest.

How well Bear holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing northwest at an average 4°, Bear gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sierra-At-Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Sierra-At-Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,130 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 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear elsewhere

Nearby at Sierra-At-Tahoe

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.