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Bear Claw at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 139 m long with 39 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
139 mlength
39 mvertical
2407 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bear Claw

Lifts that reach the top: Christie Peak Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Steamboat Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Thunderhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Burgess Creek (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Elkhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Christie Peak Express
  2. Ski Sitzback (easy)
  3. Ski Jess' Cut Off (intermediate)
  4. Ski Bear Claw (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Bashor, Yoo-Hoo, Yoo Hoo. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bashor (1 min), Wild Blue Gondola II (2 min), Greenhorn Ranch Express (4 min).

See Bear Claw on the 3D mapAll runs at Steamboat 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.