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Bear Valley

Bear Valley Mountain Resort

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Bear Valley Snow Totals
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Bear Valley skiing by month:
Bear Valley
By Month
Data show that December is the fourth best month Bear Valley for overall snow quality.
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Core Strengths

Bear Valley
Snow Volume
62.6
Overall
60.2
Snow Quality
60.0
Overall
Overall PAF Score

Overall
Rank

90

Rank in
Region

11

Rank in
State

10

This resort is often compared with:

Palisades Tahoe
Mammoth
Heavenly
Bear Valley Snow Quality Across Full Winter
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Bear Valley Snowfall Last 10 Days (inches)

Powder
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Powder Forecast
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Snow

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Annual Snowfall

352"

True Snow: 352" per year
Snow Quality Rank

80

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Dump Potential Rank

51

Bear Valley Mountain Resort is ranked No. 51 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Historical Powder Odds
Daily Lottery

% of days with more than 6" of snow

15.7%

Extended Stay

% of months with more than 90" of snow

32.5%

Drought Threat

% of months with less than 30" of snow

26.5%

*Special thanks to Tony Crocker and Bestsnow.net.

Dump Potential Rank

51

Bear Valley Mountain Resort is ranked No. 51 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Snow
Quality
Rank

80

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Total Snow Score

This score accounts for total snow quantity, its moisture content, the resort's latitude, elevation, and its slope aspects, which affect total snow preservation.

Comparables

Bear Valley Mountain Resort

Trail Breakdown

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Vertical Drop

1900 ft

8500 ft
Base Elevation: 6600 ft

Slope Aspects

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A few words on the Snow at Bear Valley Mountain Resort

Bear Valley has very good snow frequency of 15.7% of winter days with 6 inches or more and 33% of winter months with 90 inches or more, but also endures 26% of winter months with less than 30 inches. Bear Valley is forested to its 8,500 foot summit, so powder skiing can be good even on severe storm days. Average snow density of 12% is not the blower of the Rockies but easily managed on modern fat rockered skis.

Accumulation and Preservation

It takes high snowfall for Bear Valley to reach full operation by Christmas, because its steepest terrain is at low altitude. California droughts can be extreme, so even the snowiest areas are less than ¼ open at Christmas in the worst 15% of seasons. Bear Valley is about half north-facing but tops out at 8,500 feet, so overall snow preservation is about average for California.