Bear Creek ski area, Pennsylvania - Skiing and Snowboarding

Bear Creek ski area, Pennsylvania

A 510 foot elevation difference is naturally not that much, but Bear Creek compensates for it in other ways. This ski area has less than average snow each ski season. This is a conventional size ski hill boasting a medium height difference compared to other mid Atlantic ski resorts. The skiable area being 89 acres, it's incredibly pleasant and small-size. This ski mountain obtains 3 feet of ice cold snow per season, and that doesn’t sound like a heap, but it's relatively reasonable. Bear Creek has a rather humble diversity

    of slopes and an okay total of good ski lifts. You get many skiers traveling up here from Reading on snow covered weekends. There are 7 ski lifts here, and they are skillfully looked after and managed by welcoming people. This ski resort has 21 ski trails, and
they are good to ski on. Bear Creek has a much lower than average fraction of black and red trails and a much higher than average fraction of easy slopes. The snowboarding and the skiing in this part of the country is so much fun every day of the ski season. This is a great ski mountain for everyone with a lot of beginner and intermediate slopes for beginners. The winter in Pennsylvania is truly a good time of year for snowboarding and skiing. There are a number of great lodgings next to the base area, but you'd better

book ahead of going because these lodgings fill up rapidly.

Special features: 3 Terrain Parks: a. CASCADE PARK, b. BLACK BEAR PARK, c. GRIZZLY FAMILY PARK

Bear Creek ski area management's own description

Bear Creek Mountain Resort, Macungie
Bear Creek Mountain Resort and Conference Center is a first class facility located on more than 330 acres in scenic Berks County Pennsylvania. The resort features skiing snowboarding and snow tubing ...

Hilton Garden Inn Allentown West, Allentown
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Current weather conditions
at Bear Creek ski area
QUICK STATS
Vertical drop: 510 feet
Top Elevation: 1100 feet
Base Elevation: 600 feet

Total Runs: 21
- 30% Expert and Advanced
- 40% Intermediate Runs
- 30% Beginner Runs
- Longest Run: 1 mile

Total Lifts: 7
- 4 Chair Lifts
- 3 Carpet Lifts

Skiing Area: 89 acres
- Snowmaking on 89 acres
Annual snowfall: 3 feet
Night Skiing is Available
Snowboarders Welcome

Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.477141
Longitude: -75.625863

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These outdoors activities are available near Bear Creek ski area.

Ski Areas Near Bear Creek ski area:

Spring Mountain, Pennsylvania , 16 miles away
   420 vertical feet
   9 runs - 6 lifts
   22% Expert & Adv.
   44% Intermediate
   34% Beginner

Blue Mountain, Pennsylvania , 20 miles away
   1082 vertical feet
   33 runs - 9 lifts
   39% Expert & Adv.
   18% Intermediate
   43% Beginner

Big Boulder, Pennsylvania , 30 miles away
   475 vertical feet
   16 runs - 7 lifts
   25% Expert & Adv.
   35% Intermediate
   40% Beginner

Jack Frost, Pennsylvania , 34 miles away
   600 vertical feet
   21 runs - 10 lifts
   40% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   20% Beginner

Blue Marsh, Pennsylvania , 34 miles away
   315 vertical feet
   9 runs - 5 lifts
   10% Expert & Adv.
   80% Intermediate
   10% Beginner

Camelback, Pennsylvania , 36 miles away
   800 vertical feet
   34 runs - 15 lifts
   39% Expert & Adv.
   54% Intermediate
   7% Beginner

Mount Airy Lodge, Pennsylvania , 39 miles away
   250 vertical feet
   6 runs - 3 lifts
   0% Expert & Adv.
   15% Intermediate
   85% Beginner

Alpine Mountain, Pennsylvania , 43 miles away
   500 vertical feet
   21 runs - 5 lifts
   25% Expert & Adv.
   50% Intermediate
   25% Beginner

Sno Mountain, Pennsylvania , 46 miles away
   1020 vertical feet
   30 runs - 7 lifts
   25% Expert & Adv.
   15% Intermediate
   60% Beginner

Shawnee Mountain, Pennsylvania , 48 miles away
   700 vertical feet
   23 runs - 9 lifts
   25% Expert & Adv.
   50% Intermediate
   25% Beginner

Whitewater Near Bear Creek ski area:

Unami Creek, Montgomery County , 15 miles away, Class IV-V+ - 7.7 miles long (Nursery Road 7334 to mouth)

French Creek, Chester County , 17 miles away, Class II - 7 miles long (Route 100 to French Creek Road)

Lizard Creek, Schuykill / Carbon County , 17 miles away, Class I-III - 13.8 miles long (Pennsylvania Route 309 to Kittitiny Road)

Trails Near Bear Creek ski area:

Buzzard Trail, Chester , 16 miles away

Lenade Trail, Berks , 18 miles away

National Parks Near Bear Creek ski area:

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Bethlehem - PA , 17 miles away

Delaware National Scenic River, Bushkill - PA , 59 miles away

Golf Courses Near Bear Creek ski area:

Shepherd Hills Golf Club, Allentown , 6 miles away