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Black Bear at Whitefish Mountain Resort

Advanced · 489 m long with 139 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 35° at its steepest, facing NE.

35°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
489 mlength
139 mvertical
2053 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Black Bear

Lifts that reach the top: Chair 7 Big Creek Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chair 1 Big Mountain Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chair 1 Big Mountain Express
  2. Ski Gray Wolf (intermediate)
  3. Ski Black Bear (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Caribou, Silvertip. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 7 Big Creek Express (3 min).

See Black Bear on the 3D mapAll runs at Whitefish Mountain 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.