Snow Recreation in Big Bear Lake
Southern California's Winter Wonderland...Just 2 Hours from Most Southland Cities!
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Updated Wednesday, March 11, 2009  February 16, 2009--Best snowfall season in years means tons of snow for Spring Break
Also now's the time to think about buying next year's season pass. Screamin' Deal season passes are now on sale that are good for the rest of this season and all of next! Some passes even pay for themselves in as few as five visits, so it's entirely possible that you'll pay for your pass with this year's skiing and riding, making all of next year gravy! Most passes include night skiing at Snow Summit and Scenic Skychair rides for sightseeing and mountain biking this summer. Because of millions invested in snowmaking in recent years and an unlimited water supply courtesy of Big Bear Lake, you know there's going to be a season next year in Big Bear, whether nature cooperates or not. Click Here for the story on Screamin' Deal season passes.
Official Big Bear Mountain Resorts Website SNOW SUMMIT is fully open with the most extensive interconnected lift system in the region. Don't stand in line--hit the slopes and get all the skiing and riding in your legs can handle, even on busy weekends and powder days. We continue to recommend Chair 10 on busy periods--there's never a line there--along with the bowl runs on Chair 6. Two high speed quads whisk skiers and snowboarder up out of the base area and the entire upper mountain can be skied without every returning to the bottom. Ego Trip Park and Westridge both sport terrain features, and the trainer-sized features in the Family Park's gentle, low blue square runs are fun too. Weekends often see live bands and radio stations on the deck at Bear Bottom Lodge, and apres ski and ride, enjoy beverages and appetizers in the nostalgia-filled Bullwheel Bar, the perfect hangout. BEAR MOUNTAINis fully open and there's excellent conditions at the nation's #1 Park, as voted by readers of Transworld Magazine. The big news is that Southern California's only competition-quality Superpipe is now open! If the incredible 17-foot sidewalls are too much for you, hit the adjacent standard halfpipe. If that's still over your head, Bear is the only resort around with a training-size mini pipe along Amusement Park run! The double Gambler line is now in, and check out the hike to collection of hits in The Scene. All four mountain peaks are open too including Bear Peak, sixth highest skiing in California and home to Geronimo, the Southland's longest and steepest run. Of course tree skiing at Bear is legendary with lots of lines through the woods off many different runs and there's some snow still to be found. Bear's Canyons are also open--not patrolled or maintained, go at your own risk--with unique off piste terrain. Afterwards enjoy cold drinks or hot toddies in the Boardroom or on the 13,000 sq. ft. deck. ALPINE SLIDE AT MAGIC MOUNTAIN is open daily from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with snowplay on its longtime favorite inner tubing hill and the white stuff is piling up fast. Enjoy the famous boardercross track "Snake" that whips tubers back and forth in addition to traditional downhill runs, and there's Magic Carpet uphill lift that's covered to take tubers to the top. Night tubing is held daily through January 10 from 5-9 p.m. with the exhilerating experience of tubing under the stars and lights. The year-round Alpine Slide bobsleds are open for fast-paced fun down two quarter-mile long cement tracks aboard individually-controlled sleds. Putt `N Around Go-Karts and 18-hole miniature golf course are also open weather permitting. BIG BEAR SNOW PLAY is open daily from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with the longest tubing runs in Southern California with all eight runs currently open, thanks to 25% more snowmaking. Covered Magic Carpet uphill lift eliminates the tiring uphill walk so tubers get all the fast sliding fun they can handle and there's a second Magic Carpet for busy days so you know you'll get in all the snowplay fun you want. There's also a heated base lodge with snack bar, clean restrooms and video games, plus paved parking lot to create a world class tubing experience.
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