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Black Bear at Arapahoe Basin

Advanced · 364 m long with 166 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 30° at its steepest, facing SW.

30°steepest 50 m

25°average pitch

364 mlength

166 mvertical

3813 mtop elevation

SWfaces

Snow and sun

Black Bear is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Black Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Lenawee Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Beavers (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lazy J Tow (skiing novice terrain to get there); Zuma Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

Ride Beavers
Ski Black Bear (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Long Chute. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Zuma Lift (3 min).

See Black Bear on the 3D map All runs at Arapahoe Basin

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.