Snow Report
Located
at more than 7,000 feet, Big Bear Mountain Resorts (Snow
Summit and Bear Mountain) sustain moderate winter
temperatures allowing sophisticated snow making equipment
to guarantee fresh snow to dig in to. Bear
Mountain is perfect for snowboarding. The “Park” caters
to the adventurous with Southern California’s only
super-pipe and over 150 jumps. Enjoy 100% snow coverage,
twelve lifts, and a top elevation of 8,805 feet. There
is a cafeteria style area for food. If the weather is
nice, take your tray up to the patio and watch some of
the jumps.
View Map. We’ve
always enjoyed taking the Bear Mountain Express up the west side of the mountain. It’s a great run,
and the quad lift is fast. Take Chair 4 up to Silver Mountain
is a challenging and beautiful run. It’s a quieter
area. Snow Summit is a family ski park that has invested heavily
in state of the art snow making equipment and can cover
100% of their runs, better than anywhere else in southern
California. View Map. The Terrain Park is perfect for beginning and intermediate
riders with plenty of jibs and rails. Miracle Mile is a
long run and a popular intermediate ski area. We liked
to go over to the Timber Ridge area. Take chair one to
the top and then ski across towards the east. You can ride
chair seven for the rest of the day and never tire of it,
especially on a powder day. At full capacity, Snow Summit
runs 14 lifts and services 31 trails. There
is an area to rent equipment and several snack areas;
Summit Inn, Bear Bottom Lodge, The View Haus,
and The Summit
Haus. The Summit Inn is the original base area lodge.
It offers breakfast, patio BBQ, appetizers and sandwiches.
The Bear Bottom Lodge, at the base of chair 2 (All-Mountain
Express), offers pizza, chili, pasta and deli sandwiches.
There is a BBQ on the deck serving hamburgers, hot
dogs and chicken. You’ll find the View Haus located
at the top of chair one. The views are spacious and
the menu
includes Mexican Food, pastas and sandwiches. The Summit
Haus is the place for spectacular mountain views. They
serve barbecue on the deck on offer quick to-go items. Both parks are setting up text messaging. Text SNOW from
your cell phone to 52406 for on demand powder alerts (T-Moblile
is coming soon). Standard charges apply and you must have
a two-way text enabled phone. SNOW
and Winter Driving |
