Bear Mountain trail & lift map, slopes and snow forecast

Bear Mountain: piste map and stats

Bear Mountain is a ski resort in Big Bear Lake, California, United States. 73% of its kilometres are easy runs: good for learning. It has 13 km of pistes across 25 named runs and 11 lifts. The ski area goes from 2,177 to 2,680 m of altitude, with 503 m of vertical. Its steepest runs (steepest 50 m stretch) are Geronimo (53%, 28°), The Wedge (52%, 28°) and Showtime (49%, 26°). The longest run is Easy Street (1.6 km). The nearest ski resort is Snow Summit, 3 km away. Here you'll find every run with its gradient profile, the lifts and the on-mountain services; the interactive map shows them on satellite imagery.

Snow and weather at Bear Mountain

Snow forecast for the next 7 days (summit, 2,680 m): 1 cm (updated 14 November).

Terrain by difficulty

Green

4.0 km · 7

Blue

5.8 km · 12

Black

1.8 km · 4

Double black

1.9 km · 3

Lifts by type

Chairlift

6.3 km · 7

Magic carpet

0.2 km · 4

Runs, lifts and services

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Easy Streetmax 17% · 9°

1,569 m · 168 m vertical · avg. gradient 10.7% · 2,177–2,345 m altitude

Amusement Parkmax 21% · 12°

794 m · 106 m vertical · avg. gradient 13.4% · 2,212–2,319 m altitude

The Park Runmax 21% · 12°

510 m · 88 m vertical · avg. gradient 17.2% · 2,179–2,267 m altitude

Learning Curvemax 30% · 17°

379 m · 70 m vertical · avg. gradient 18.4% · 2,275–2,345 m altitude

Inspirationmax 13% · 7°

379 m · 43 m vertical · avg. gradient 11.3% · 2,178–2,221 m altitude

The Gulchmax 15% · 9°

226 m · 27 m vertical · avg. gradient 12.0% · 2,293–2,320 m altitude

Backdoorsmax 8% · 4°

146 m · 14 m vertical · avg. gradient 9.3% · 2,267–2,280 m altitude

Park Runmax 38% · 21°

1,327 m · 307 m vertical · avg. gradient 23.1% · 2,267–2,573 m altitude

Ripcordmax 38% · 21°

620 m · 166 m vertical · avg. gradient 26.8% · 2,333–2,500 m altitude

Gamblermax 37% · 20°

604 m · 168 m vertical · avg. gradient 27.8% · 2,267–2,434 m altitude

Expresswaymax 31% · 17°

598 m · 123 m vertical · avg. gradient 20.6% · 2,318–2,442 m altitude

Hidden Valleymax 21% · 12°

505 m · 64 m vertical · avg. gradient 12.7% · 2,254–2,318 m altitude

Silver Connectionmax 35% · 19°

503 m · 108 m vertical · avg. gradient 21.5% · 2,293–2,402 m altitude

Boneyardmax 29% · 16°

358 m · 83 m vertical · avg. gradient 23.3% · 2,318–2,402 m altitude

Acceleratormax 38% · 21°

355 m · 85 m vertical · avg. gradient 23.9% · 2,234–2,319 m altitude

Outlaw's Alleymax 21% · 12°

330 m · 46 m vertical · avg. gradient 13.8% · 2,396–2,442 m altitude

Central Parkmax 31% · 17°

310 m · 75 m vertical · avg. gradient 24.3% · 2,179–2,254 m altitude

Street Scenemax 10% · 6°

196 m · 16 m vertical · avg. gradient 8.1% · 2,419–2,434 m altitude

Exhibitionmax 43% · 23°

770 m · 255 m vertical · avg. gradient 33.1% · 2,339–2,594 m altitude

Outlawmax 46% · 25°

474 m · 152 m vertical · avg. gradient 32.0% · 2,282–2,434 m altitude

Rip's Runmax 45% · 24°

278 m · 93 m vertical · avg. gradient 33.5% · 2,480–2,573 m altitude

Grizzlymax 40% · 22°

247 m · 79 m vertical · avg. gradient 32.1% · 2,315–2,394 m altitude

Geronimomax 53% · 28°

1,082 m · 341 m vertical · avg. gradient 31.6% · 2,338–2,680 m altitude · Backcountry

Showtimemax 49% · 26°

467 m · 129 m vertical · avg. gradient 27.7% · 2,406–2,536 m altitude · Backcountry

The Wedgemax 52% · 28°

330 m · 129 m vertical · avg. gradient 39.0% · 2,465–2,594 m altitude · Backcountry

Frequently asked questions

How many kilometres of pistes does Bear Mountain have?

Bear Mountain has 13 km of pistes, measured run by run on the map: 25 named runs and 11 lifts.

What altitude is Bear Mountain at?

Its runs and lifts go from 2,177 to 2,680 m of altitude, with 503 m of vertical.

What is the steepest run at Bear Mountain?

Geronimo, with a 53% gradient on its steepest 50 m stretch.

What is the longest run at Bear Mountain?

Easy Street, at 1.6 km.

What runs does Bear Mountain have by difficulty?

Green: 4.0 km (7 runs); Blue: 5.7 km (11 runs); Black: 1.8 km (4 runs); Double black: 1.9 km (3 runs).

About this data

Piste km: the length of each piste, measured once along its line on the map. Resorts usually advertise more, as they add itineraries, variants or wide pistes counted as several runs; and sometimes a piste is still missing from OpenStreetMap.

Data quality

Named runs25 / 26

Difficulty tagged100%

Lighting tagged0%

Snowmaking tagged0%

Lift capacity tagged0%

Grip type tagged0%

Snowmaking and ski patrol are rarely tagged in OpenStreetMap — it doesn't mean they don't exist, just that hardly anyone maps them yet.