Snow 
Bear Pelt comes from the snow bear, a white brute that hits harder than most early bandits and has a habit of appearing out of a blizzard. At 75 gold and weight 3 it is the priciest of the animal pelts, and it tans into 4 
Leather. It also counts for the Grin and Bear It quest and the Animal Pelt Collection, just like the other bear pelts.
How to get it
Hunt snow bears in the Pale, Winterhold and the mountains around Windhelm. Hunters and Orc hunters carry them, and general goods merchants such as Belethor and Grelka sell them.
The Abandoned Lodge holds 7 loose pelts, and there are 2 each in Valthume and Gallows Rock. Singles lie in Largashbur, Ysgramor’s Tomb, Bits and Pieces in Solitude, the Heljarchen Hall cellar and outdoors near the Reach Imperial Camp.
Whether to sell or tan comes down to your plans: 75 gold in hand, or 4 Leather for Hide, Leather or Elven armor. For a smith on a budget the leather wins, since buying 4 Leather from a blacksmith usually costs more than the pelt sells for.
Smelting and tanning
- 1 Snow Bear Pelt → 4 Leather at the tanning rack
Used to craft
Snow Bear Pelt appears in 1 recipe in the game files.
Weapons and other items
- tanning rack: Leather (1)
The number in brackets is how many Snow Bear Pelt each recipe needs. Bold labels are the Smithing perk the recipe requires.
Good to know
- At 75 gold it is the best-selling animal pelt in the game.
Data from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm and the official add-ons): value, weight, ore veins, recipes and merchant lists. ID 0003AD54 is the item’s form ID for the console.
