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Bear Tree at Vail Ski Resort

Intermediate · 776 m long with 190 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 22° at its steepest, facing N.

22°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
776 mlength
190 mvertical
2736 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bear Tree

Lifts that reach the top: Ever Vail Gondola (skiing easy terrain to get there); Cascade Village Lift (20) (skiing easy terrain to get there); Trans Montane (skiing easy terrain to get there); Born Free Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Pride Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Surface Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cascade Village Lift (20)
  2. Ski Post Road (easy)
  3. Ski Born Free (easy)
  4. Ski Vail Village Catwalk - Middle (easy)
  5. Ski Bear Tree, Vail Village Catwalk - Middle (easy)
  6. Ski Bear Tree (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Gitalong Road, Vail Village Catwalk - Lower, Vail Village Catwalk - Middle, Bear Tree, Vail Village Catwalk - Middle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Eagle Bahn Gondola (4 min), Born Free Express Lift (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min).

See Bear Tree on the 3D mapAll runs at Vail 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.