Big Bear Trails Supporter, The Discovery Center, which has been the longtime office space for the So. Cal. Mountains Foundation, is now closed. It is closed well into next year for renovations that will allow the Forest Service to relocate it's offices there permanently. To accommodate this process, all SCMF offices have been temporarily relocated [...]
Big Bear Trails Supporter, Quick update- Tom Spiegel of Team Big Bear held his second Big Bear Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Dinner on Wednesday, October 2, at Nottingham's. Stellar evening with all in attendance, as Larry Longo, the Cook Family (Driz, Dawn, Aaron, Maddy) and the late Dick Kun were inducted into the Hall [...]
Big Bear Trails Supporter, Good things have happened since the last update. Here’s a quick snapshot- The Santa Ana River Trail suffered catastrophic damage last winter at 4 critical areas that caused the USFS to officially close a large portion of the trail. On September 21, a group of volunteers organized and lead by Driz [...]
Big Bear Trails Supporter, Celebrate National Public Lands Day and join the greater trails community as we take to the Pacific Crest Trail this Saturday, 9/28. We will be meeting at this location at 8:30am and heading east towards Highway 18. Work will stop after a few hours of work. This section of the PCT is [...]
Big Bear Trails Supporter, Help save SART this Saturday. Thank you all for your support! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Bennett Rossell Non-Motorized Trails Coordinator Southern California Mountains Foundation
BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN BIKE LEGENDS CHAINRING OF HONOR INDUCTION Wednesday October 2, 2019 5:30 p.m. Nottinghams The Big Bear Mountain Bike Legends are happy to announce the 2019 Chainring of Honor Inductees. The 2019 Inductees are Dick Kun, Larry Longo, and the Cook Family; Driz, Dawn, Aaron, and Madeleine (Maddy). Dick Kun played an instrumental [...]
Big Bear Trails Supporter, What’s gone down since the last update: Last Saturday Trail Hosts and community members trimmed back overgrown vegetation on the Pacific Crest Trail, in a northeast direction from Bertha Peak road. It was basic but much needed work. As you know, 9 new trailhead signs have been delivered to [...]
Community planning requires patience, but in the long run it pays off and can be very rewarding. Twelve years ago I attended a meeting chaired by Phil Hamilton to discuss future trails throughout Big Bear Valley. The group was formed as an ad hoc committee of the Big Bear Valley Recreation [...]
Summer fun has started at Snow Summit. We are currently in our early season operations (Friday through Sunday), Closed Monday through Thursday. Starting Friday, June 14, Snow Summit is open for daily operations through Labor Day Monday. Currently we have Going Green, Small Wonder, Turtle Trail, Westridge, Party Wave and Miracle Mile [...]
Technology seems to be disrupting nearly every aspect of our lives these days. I’m barely old enough to remember that finding information and answers meant physically finding the right book or person. Today, I can remain draped over the couch and speak to a phone that does the all that for me remarkably well. Similarly, [...]
We are having a stellar winter season here in Big Bear. The lake is filling up and businesses are seeing good numbers. Folks are experiencing the very best Big Bear has to offer in the winter wonderland that is our National Forest. These are good times, for sure. They do [...]
Some time ago the Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation submitted a New Trails Plan that proposed around 100 miles of new trails be introduced to the Forest Service trail system in the Valley. This would address the trail deficit in the Valley, meaning the current system isn’t meeting the needs of the people — and [...]
Winter takes many different forms here in Big Bear. Some winters we get dumped on and the stoke can be felt in the neighborhoods. Other winters are bone dry, and the lines at the post office become one continuous no-snow winter support group. Nevertheless, we’re fortunate to have and experience four [...]
Years back a few locals found the Seven Oaks trail in a state of disrepair. It was on Forest Service maps but far from useable. Hellbent, they took matters into their own hands and approached the Forest Service to see how it could be reopened. The Forest Service said that [...]
Like most things we use often and want to keep around, trails in our San Bernardino National Forest require routine maintenance. When left alone, nature takes its course and they can become dilapidated. When used often by humans, trails are susceptible to a multitude of problems like litter, shirt-cutting and soil displacement. When you combine [...]
