Huge Bear Lake, California — A brand new six-pack is coming to Huge Bear Mountain Resort subsequent winter.
Earlier than we get into the raise alternative, it’s in all probability finest to clarify that Huge Bear Mountain Resort is three separate mountains. Bear Mountain and Snow Summit are positioned close to one another however aren’t related through trails or lifts. Nevertheless, that would change within the coming years (extra on that shortly). Snow Valley was acquired by Alterra in 2023, which owns the 2 beforehand talked about mountains. Whereas it’s now thought of a part of Huge Bear Mountain Resort, it’s round a 13-mile drive from Snow Summit.
Okay, again to the principle story. Yesterday, Huge Bear Mountain Resort introduced {that a} new high-speed removable six-pack chairlift is coming to Bear Mountain. It should exchange Chair 2 and Chair 5, each fixed-grip lifts. This new raise will give faster entry to Bear’s terrain park community. As well as, the brand new Halfway chairlift will make it simpler for newbies to load and unload right into a terrain pod with mellow trails.
Compared, right here’s the outdated path map at Bear Mountain:
That is the start of what could possibly be a transformative interval for Huge Bear. In 2020, Huge Bear launched a Grasp Improvement Plan, which the U.S. Forest Service accepted. As talked about above, Snow Valley was acquired by Alterra in 2023, so it wasn’t part of this MDP.
In 2023, they submitted a proposal for approval for numerous grasp growth plan tasks. These proposals included two new terrain pods & lifts that join Bear Mountain and Snow Summit, a brand new newbie terrain pod & raise at Bear Mountain, a brand new connector path on the outskirts of the Ripcord and Amusement Park runs, and a snowmaking pond atop Snow Summit. Some summer time sights have been additionally proposed, together with 12 extra mountain biking trails, a mountain coaster, and a zipline community. A timeline for these tasks has but to be introduced.
With its proximity to the Los Angeles market, Alterra is clearly going to proceed to spend money on Huge Bear Mountain Resort within the coming years.
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