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Bear Back at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 328 m long with 83 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 17° at its steepest, facing NE.

17°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
328 mlength
83 mvertical
2359 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bear Back

Lifts that reach the top: Bear Back Poma (skiing novice terrain to get there); Thunder Wolf (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Southern Comfort (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Tippy's Tumble (intermediate)
  4. Ski Silver Knife (intermediate)
  5. Ski Bear Back (intermediate)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bear Back Poma (1 min).

See Bear Back on the 3D mapAll runs at Big Sky 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.