Bear Mountain

Ski & Ride · Big Bear Lake, California

SoCal's park mountain — and the highest lift-served peak.

The Bear Mountain base lodge and sun deck, fire pit and chairlift beyond
A snowboarder sliding a Bear-branded park rail, captured as a multi-exposure sequence
A snowboarder catching big air off a kicker against a blue sky
An instructor guiding a young rider over a skill-builder feature in the beginner park

Bear Mountain is where Southern California's park riders go. It's known for award-winning terrain parks — skill-builder features for anyone just starting out, and a superpipe and big kickers for people who know what they're doing — plus the region's largest beginner areas and the highest lift-served peak at 8,805 feet. If you'd rather stay on the groomers, Exhibition and Geronimo are the longest runs on the mountain. It sits about a mile from its sister resort, Snow Summit, and lessons for every level run out of the Bear Mountain Adventure Academy. Come summer, the mountain trades snow for the 9-hole golf course at its base.

View on the Big Bear Experience Map →Official website ↗

Hours, prices, seasons and closures change — we do not publish any of them here because we cannot keep them verified. Check with Bear Mountain directly before you go.

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