Bear Valley ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Bear Valley is a ski area in Bear Valley, California, the United States. Its 61 mapped downhill runs add up to 36 km, which ranks it #80 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 593 m long.

Slopes at Bear Valley

About 10% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 42% advanced or expert, which makes Bear Valley best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 9 lifts: 7 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,024 m up to 2,585 m, a vertical drop of 561 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Bear Valley

The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 93 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 1 min by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 116 km away. Nearby ski areas include Kirkwood Mountain Resort (41.2 km), Dodge Ridge Ski Area (33.9 km), Summit Ranger District Ski Trails (1.0 km) and Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort (27.2 km), which together add 188 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.