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Big Ol' Bear at Kicking Horse Resort

Intermediate · 1464 m long with 247 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1464 mlength
247 mvertical
1636 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Big Ol' Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Pioneer (skiing easy terrain to get there); Golden Eagle Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Stairway to Heaven (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Pioneer
  2. Ski It's a Ten (easy)
  3. Ski Big Ol' Bear (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins It's a Ten, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Catamount (2 min), Golden Eagle Express (2 min), Pioneer (2 min).

See Big Ol' Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Kicking Horse 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.