Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the lifts mapped in OpenStreetMap, surface lifts and carpets included; the resort publishes no count.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
· ·
- 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.
Trail map
2025–26 season · artist not stated
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's 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.
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
Indy (2 days)Indy (2 days)
Rankings
14 — #41 beginner runs14 — #41 beginner runs, #71 trails, #80 top lift in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#78 of 341 U.S. · #11 in California
- Highest lift-served elevation#80 of 471 U.S. · #10 in California
- Base elevation#80 of 316 U.S. · #16 in California
- Advertised vertical drop#83 of 388 U.S. · #10 in California
- Lift-served vertical#72 of 304 U.S. · #8 in California
- Skiable acres#42 of 316 U.S. · #7 in California
- Named trails#71 of 347 U.S. · #7 in California
- Advanced + expert terrain#79 of 202 U.S. · #9 in California
- Beginner runs#41 of 202 U.S. · #3 in California
- Total lifts#117 of 479 U.S. · #14 in California
- Average annual snowfall#33 of 252 U.S. · #7 in California
- Drive from the fly-in airport#405 of 504 U.S. · #26 in California
- Drive from nearest major airport#382 of 504 U.S. · #26 in California
- Drive from closest airline airport#492 of 506 U.S. · #28 in California
