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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):

  1. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 1
  2. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Great Eastern (easy)
  5. Ski Skyewalker (easy)
  6. Ski South Ridge Link (easy)
  7. Ski Escape (intermediate)
  8. Ski Pipe Dream (intermediate)
  9. Ride South Ridge Quad
  10. Ski Home Run (easy)
  11. Ski Great Northern (intermediate)
  12. Ski Chute, Bunny Buster - Upper (intermediate)
  13. Ski Chute (intermediate)
  14. Ride Snowdon Six
  15. Ski Chute (intermediate)
  16. 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 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.