Best early season conditions at both resorts in years, thanks to a couple storms and a fan gun snowmaking blizzard! Snow Summit has been making snow for over 40 years. So when the resort reported it had a record-breaking snowmaking night last month, that was really saying something. The two-year $5 million snowmaking project paid off at both Summit and Bear Mountain on Nov. 28, as fleets of high-tech fan guns were blowing jet engine...complete story

Rebel Ridge proved to be not big enough to be a ski area. With a vertical rise of only a couple hundred feet it couldn’t keep up with neighboring Snow Summit’s meteoric rise to prominence, and the last skier carved a turn on its gentle slope around 1974. But it was more than big enough to make a great inner tubing hill, and off and on for over 30 years countless families have made sliding down its face an annual tradition. With the longest tubing runs in Southern...complete story

"Christmas in the Village" sponsored by the City of Big Bear Lake, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and other groups, began November 27 as just the first of five weekends of holiday happenings. Strolling carolers, entertainment and the bright lights of the season await Village shoppers from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through December 19 — and yes, Santa will be around those weekends as well. Plus the 60-plus unique stores...complete story