Little Bear at 49 Degrees North Ski Area
Intermediate · 248 m long with 80 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.
23°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
248 mlength
80 mvertical
1478 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Little Bear is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Little Bear
Lifts that reach the top: Sunrise Quad #5 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Northern Spirit Express #1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Lode #4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 17 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Sunrise Quad #5
- Ski Silver Ridge (easy)
- Ski Huckleberry Ridge (easy)
- Ski Chilkoot Pass (intermediate)
- Ski Little Bear (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Moose Track Corner, Alpine Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sunrise Quad #5 (3 min).
See Little Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at 49 Degrees North Ski AreaMeasured 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.