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Bear

Green Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical281 ft
Length1,666 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top1,560 ft

Bear drops 281 vertical feet over 1,666 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Bear holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Bear gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,560 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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 Whiteface 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.