Bear Glade at Angel Fire Resort
Intermediate · 222 m long with 60 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.
21°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
222 mlength
60 mvertical
3011 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Bear Glade is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Bear Glade
Lifts that reach the top: Southwest Flyer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chile Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Liberation Park (#3) (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rakes Rider (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 16 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Chile Express
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Highway (easy)
- Ski Hully Gully (intermediate)
- Ski Short Cut (intermediate)
- Ski Bear Glade Access (intermediate)
- Ski Bear Glade (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Arriba Pitch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Southwest Flyer (1 min), Rakes Rider (2 min).
See Bear Glade on the 3D mapAll runs at Angel Fire ResortMeasured 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.