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Bear Bottom

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical1,278 ft
Length5,886 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNW
Top11,331 ft

Bear Bottom drops 1,278 vertical feet over 5,886 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 99th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces northwest.

How well Bear Bottom holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 13°, Bear Bottom gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 97th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 11,330 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 Bottom profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear Bottom elsewhere

Nearby at Snowmass

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.