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Snow-covered beginner slopes, a chairlift and a lodge below forested ridges at a ski area
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Mountain

How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.

Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.

Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix

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Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced + expert

Bear Valley publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. .

Snow and weather

The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain. Live: each figure gives its source and time.

Webcams

Bear Valley shows its webcams on its own site

Its cameras play only on its own page.

Trail map

2025–26 season · artist not stated

Runs

Every run Bear Valley lists, on its trail map and in a list side by side, to tick off as you ski them.

The Bear Valley sticker
  1. Skied it
    Regular
  2. Foil
    50 runs
  3. Holo
    99 runs

Getting there

Stockton Metropolitan (SCK) 2 h 22 min · Sacramento International (SMF) 2 h 59 min

Photos

Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.

  • Maxd1848 · CC0
  • Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain
  • Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain
  • Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domain
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Passes

The multi-resort passes Bear Valley is on, and what each gives here.

Rankings

Where Bear Valley stands among the U.S. resorts with each figure, and within California.

Sources

Every figure on this page in one list, and the pages behind each.

All numbers

all 21all 21, in one list
19 observations from 4 publishers