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Bear Necessity at Attitash

Easy · 565 m long with 64 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 13° at its steepest, facing NW.

13°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
565 mlength
64 mvertical
290 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bear Necessity

Lifts that reach the top: Abenaki Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Flying Bear (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Flying Bear
  2. Ski Morning Star (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lower Snowdancer (intermediate)
  4. Ski Bear Necessity (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Bearback, Bearfoot Creek Trail, Lower Kachina, Arcade. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Abenaki Quad (1 min), Kachina Triple (2 min), Flying Bear (2 min).

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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.