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Bear at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 220 m long with 51 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 16° at its steepest, facing N.

16°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
220 mlength
51 mvertical
3151 mtop elevation
Nfaces

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: Paradise Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Forest Queen (intermediate)
  5. Ski Fallaway (intermediate)
  6. Ski Bear (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Forest Queen. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (2 min), Teocalli Lift (3 min), East River Express Lift (5 min).

See Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Crested Butte 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.