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Big Bear at 49 Degrees North Ski Area

Easy · 601 m long with 182 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 22° at its steepest, facing N.

22°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
601 mlength
182 mvertical
1542 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Big Bear is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Big Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Sunrise Quad #5 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Northern Spirit Express #1 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Silver Lode #4 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunrise Quad #5
  2. Ski Silver Ridge (easy)
  3. Ski Huckleberry Ridge (easy)
  4. Ski Big Bear (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Valhalla, Bugaboo. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sunrise Quad #5 (1 min).

See Big Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at 49 Degrees North Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.