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Bear Grass

Green Silver Mountain, ID

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical161 ft
Length778 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNW
Top5,288 ft

Bear Grass drops 161 vertical feet over 778 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Bear Grass holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 12°, Bear Grass gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,290 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 Grass profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear Grass elsewhere

Nearby at Silver Mountain

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.