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Polar Bear at Stratton Mountain Resort

Advanced · 1282 m long with 346 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
1282 mlength
346 mvertical
1122 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Polar Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Ursa Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Shooting Star (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Sunrise Express
  2. Ski Lower Middlebrook (easy)
  3. Ride Shooting Star
  4. Ski Black Bear (intermediate)
  5. Ski Polar Bear (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Old Number 8, Runaway, Bear Bottom, 91. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ursa Express (1 min), Tamarack (3 min), South American (3 min).

See Polar Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Stratton 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.