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Bear at Buttermilk

Intermediate · 1063 m long with 183 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 18° at its steepest, facing NE.

18°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1063 mlength
183 mvertical
2723 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bear

Lifts that reach the top: West Buttermilk Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Summit Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tiehack Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); unnamed rope tow (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Express
  2. Ski No Problem (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Homestead Road (easy)
  5. Ski Midway Ave (intermediate)
  6. Ski Bear (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Homestead Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Express (3 min), Panda Peak (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Buttermilk
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.