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Papa Bear at Taos Ski Valley

Advanced · 322 m long with 115 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 28° at its steepest, facing NE.

28°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
322 mlength
115 mvertical
3312 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Papa Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Lift 7 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lift 7A (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lift 4 (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, advanced 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 Papa Bear (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Baby Bear. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 4 (2 min), Pioneer (7 min), Zipper 2 (7 min).

See Papa 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.