Bear at Whiteface Mountain Ski Area
Easy · 500 m long with 85 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 13° at its steepest, facing SE.
13°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
500 mlength
85 mvertical
475 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Bear is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Bear
Lifts that reach the top: Warhorse (skiing novice terrain to get there); The Notch (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Little Whiteface (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Cloudsplitter Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 0 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ski Bear (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Wolf, Round-A-Bout, Deer. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Face Lift (1 min), Warhorse (1 min), Cloudsplitter Gondola (2 min).
See Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Whiteface Mountain Ski AreaMeasured 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.