Bear Valley

United States

Piste map

2,640 ft
Lifts

Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 27 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.

Summit
8,474 ft2,583 m
Base
6,640 ft2,024 m
Vertical
1,834 ft559 m
Named runs
80
Length of named runs
25.6 mi
Lifts
9

Runs by difficulty

  • Green 7 9% · 1.8 mi
  • Blue 21 26% · 9.8 mi
  • Black 46 58% · 12.6 mi
  • Double black 4 5% · 0.7 mi
  • No grade mapped 2 3% · 0.7 mi

Longest run

1.1 mi

Patty's Way

Steepest run

70%

Uptight

Steepest 100 m: 80%

Biggest drop

1,191 ft

Orvis Saddle

The named runs add up to 25.6 mi.

Every named run

The named runs of Bear Valley, with their length, drop and gradients
Profile
Airplane Hanger990 ft433 ft44%55%
Anticipation1,760 ft692 ft39%48%
Bear Boogie4,220 ft837 ft20%38%
Big John2,710 ft666 ft25%40%
Blue Jay Way1,620 ft430 ft26%48%
Bronco830 ft338 ft41%48%
Bronco Cliffs760 ft433 ft57%65%
Burgess Bridge820 ft125 ft15%21%
Cece's570 ft325 ft57%73%
Cornice420 ft151 ft36%41%
Corral Ridge3,350 ft220 ft7%19%
Cub Meadow1,560 ft200 ft13%18%
East Ridge2,970 ft469 ft16%29%
Ego Alley1,490 ft249 ft17%21%
Enchanted Forest910 ft105 ft12%15%
Feather Duster1,510 ft466 ft31%39%
Flying Serpent1,830 ft981 ft54%78%
Fool's Bowl1,150 ft748 ft65%81%
Freefall2,870 ft1,093 ft38%67%
Goldilocks1,240 ft358 ft29%39%
Greg's Way1,010 ft36 ft4%9%
Grizzly Ridge1,880 ft879 ft47%55%
Groovy Gully1,410 ft394 ft28%47%
Grouse Connection3,040 ft679 ft22%29%
Hari Kari560 ft361 ft64%78%
Hog Back1,350 ft358 ft26%33%
Home Run4,080 ft801 ft20%45%
Infinity Bowl830 ft489 ft59%70%
Jess's Roll2,170 ft597 ft27%51%
Jock's Spot1,660 ft692 ft42%76%
Kohoutek Gully1,350 ft394 ft29%46%
Kyle's790 ft246 ft31%40%
Lift Line1,170 ft492 ft42%66%
Little Strawberry830 ft335 ft41%47%
Lodge Run1,620 ft174 ft11%16%
Lonely Pine1,600 ft466 ft29%46%
Lower Mokelumne580 ft236 ft41%48%
Lower Snow Valley2,710 ft696 ft26%51%
Lunch Run1.0 mi1,089 ft20%36%
Mokelumne West2,990 ft545 ft18%36%

Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.

Lifts

  • 8Chairlifts
  • 1Magic carpets
Length of all lifts
3.6 mi
Rise of all lifts together
4,869 ft
The lifts of Bear Valley
CubChairlift1,510 ft213 ft
CubChairlift1,590 ft207 ft3
GrizzlyChairlift2,780 ft1,257 ft2
KoalaChairlift1,580 ft495 ft4
Mokelumne ExpressChairlift3,030 ft732 ft63 mins
PandaMagic carpet280 ft26 ft
Polar ExpressChairlift4,310 ft951 ft4
Pooh BearChairlift2,660 ft735 ft2
Super CubChairlift1,380 ft253 ft2

Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.

Places to eat and drink

Places mapped on OpenStreetMap in and around the resort. Opening times, menus and reviews are in the map apps.

Weather

Summit, 8,474 ft

Base, 6,640 ft

Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.

Ski resorts nearby

20 mi40 mi 123456
Bear Valley beside the ski resorts nearest to it
Bear Valley1,834 ft8,474 ft8025.6 mi9
1Kirkwood Mountain Resort13.2 mi1,654 ft9,469 ft
2Dodge Ridge Ski Area21.1 mi1,572 ft8,143 ft
3Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort21.7 mi2,175 ft8,835 ft5019.6 mi13
4Heavenly Mountain Resort32.4 mi3,320 ft9,964 ft12654.2 mi23
5Homewood Ski Area41.6 mi1,640 ft7,884 ft6521.6 mi7
6Granlibakken Ski Resort46.7 mi207 ft6,555 ft

Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.

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