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Lower Bear at Fernie Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 450 m long with 157 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
450 mlength
157 mvertical
1316 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Elk Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Boomerang (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Great Bear Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Elk Quad
  2. Ski Elk (easy)
  3. Ski Kodiak (easy)
  4. Ski Lower Bear (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Kodiak. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Boomerang (1 min).

See Lower Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Fernie Alpine 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.