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Big Bear at National Winter Activity Center

Advanced · 1044 m long with 104 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 22° at its steepest, facing N.

22°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1044 mlength
104 mvertical
341 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Big Bear

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

From the base area (about 7 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Bear Peak Express
  2. Ski Big Bear (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Gorge Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed drag lift (2 min), Bear Peak Express (2 min), South Peak Express (2 min).

See Big Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at National Winter Activity Center
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.