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Mama Bear at Taos Ski Valley

Intermediate · 175 m long with 45 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
175 mlength
45 mvertical
3264 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Mama 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):

  1. Ride Base to Base Gondola
  2. Ski Lower Patton (easy)
  3. Ski Winkelried (easy)
  4. Ride Lift 4
  5. Ski Easy Trip (easy)
  6. Ski Japanese Flag (easy)
  7. Ski Upper Patton (easy)
  8. Ski Lower Patton (easy)
  9. Ski Mama Bear (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Baby Bear. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 4 (2 min), Pioneer (8 min), Zipper 2 (8 min).

See Mama Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Taos Ski Valley
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.