Baby Bear at Taos Ski Valley
Intermediate · 385 m long with 123 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.
23°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
385 mlength
123 mvertical
3296 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Baby Bear is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Baby Bear
Lifts that reach the top: Lift 7 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lift 4 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lift 7A (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lift 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Kachina Peak Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Base to Base Gondola
- Ski Lower Patton (easy)
- Ski Winkelried (easy)
- Ride Lift 4
- Ski Easy Trip (easy)
- Ski Japanese Flag (easy)
- Ski Upper Patton (easy)
- Ski Lower Patton (easy)
- Ski Baby Bear (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Winkelried, Street Car, Ruby Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 4 (1 min), Pioneer (7 min), Zipper 2 (7 min).
See Baby Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Taos Ski ValleyMeasured 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.