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Bear Paw at Mountain Creek

Advanced · 586 m long with 49 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.

20°steepest 50 m
average pitch
586 mlength
49 mvertical
274 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bear Paw

Lifts that reach the top: Bear Peak Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Bear Peak Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Bunk's Bank (intermediate)
  4. Ski Bear Claw (intermediate)
  5. Ski Bear Paw (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Kamikaze, Bird's Eye, Bear Claw. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed drag lift (2 min), Bear Peak Express (2 min), South Peak Express (2 min).

See Bear Paw on the 3D mapAll runs at Mountain Creek
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.