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Airplane Hanger at Bear Valley Mountain Resort

Advanced · 303 m long with 133 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 30° at its steepest, facing NW.

30°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
303 mlength
133 mvertical
2165 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Airplane Hanger

Lifts that reach the top: Grizzly (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Cub (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Cub (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mokelumne Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Polar Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Pooh Bear (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Grizzly
  2. Ski Red Barron (advanced)
  3. Ski Grizzly Ridge (advanced)
  4. Ski Airplane Hanger (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Sunspot, Murry's Meadow, Strawberry Fields, Lower Snow Valley. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Grizzly (1 min).

See Airplane Hanger on the 3D mapAll runs at Bear Valley Mountain Resort
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.