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Black Bear at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Advanced · 377 m long with 169 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 32° at its steepest, facing N.

32°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
377 mlength
169 mvertical
1428 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Black Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Putnam Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Comet Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Putnam Express
  2. Ski 25 North (intermediate)
  3. Ski Sunny Ridge (intermediate)
  4. Ski Zypper (advanced)
  5. Ski Black Bear (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Minerva. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (2 min).

See Black Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Silver Star Mountain 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.