Bear Claw at Searchmont Resort
Advanced · 803 m long with 166 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.
26°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
803 mlength
166 mvertical
422 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Bear Claw is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: mogul. Moguls.
How to get to Bear Claw
Lifts that reach the top: Quad Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Goulais Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Quad Lift
- Ski Bear Claw (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Melville's Mile, Cougar Trax, Woolf's Head, Moose Difficult. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quad Lift (1 min).
See Bear Claw on the 3D mapAll runs at Searchmont 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.