Great Bear - Upper at Killington Ski Resort
Intermediate · 345 m long with 95 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 25° at its steepest, facing NE.
25°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
345 mlength
95 mvertical
994 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Great Bear - Upper is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Great Bear - Upper
Lifts that reach the top: Snowdon Six (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 31 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 1
- Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Great Eastern (easy)
- Ski Skyewalker (easy)
- Ski South Ridge Link (easy)
- Ski Escape (intermediate)
- Ski Pipe Dream (intermediate)
- Ride South Ridge Quad
- Ski Home Run (easy)
- Ski Great Northern (intermediate)
- Ski Chute, Bunny Buster - Upper (intermediate)
- Ski Chute (intermediate)
- Ride Snowdon Six
- Ski Chute (intermediate)
- Ski Great Bear - Upper (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Great Northern, Great Bear - Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Snowdon Six (3 min), Ramshead Express Quad (5 min), Snowplay Carpet I (6 min).
See Great Bear - Upper on the 3D mapAll runs at Killington Ski ResortMeasured 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.