

“Even though we’ve had record snowfall - and it’s exceeded 100 inches in some areas - we don’t know how long it’s going to stick around.”īig Bear Bear Mountain Resort includes Bear Mountain, Snow Summit and Snow Valley with a combined 678 acres of skiable terrain. “We haven’t made a determination on that,” said Justin Kanton, a spokesman for the resort. If there’s a silver lining to be found in the record snow levels that have blanketed Southern California’s mountains, it might be an extended ski season for Big Bear Mountain Resort. “We came up to do some snow tubing and sledding.” “Getting up here wasn’t hard, but it’s the most snow we’ve ever seen on roofs and cars,” she said. “We rented a cabin a couple weeks ago and were going to cancel because of all the snow, but then they reopened Highway 18,” the Riverside resident said Thursday.īrown said the drive up to Big Bear Lake was surreal. Jenny Brown and her family are among the few who managed to secure overnight lodging at an Airbnb. Still, some guests have squeaked through. A lot of people at these places people aren’t working. “But we also have lodges with cabins and about 10 traditional hotels. “Vacation rentals, including Airbnbs, account for about two-thirds of our overnight stays,” he said. Visit Big Bear promotes overnight lodging in the community, something that has been especially hard hit, Perry said. A lot of them make 70% of their annual revenue during the winter.” We’re encouraging residents to get out and support our local restaurants and other businesses. “We’re going on two weeks with no tourist business - locals only.

Visit Big Bear CEO Michael Perry said the heavy snowfall and blocked roads have eaten into the revenues of restaurants, gift shops and scores of retailers in the mountain community that depend on tourism. “I have a photo of me standing up there, and it came up to my waist.”

“We spent an entire week shoveling snow off the roof because it just kept coming,” she said. The store’s back door is blocked by a wall of packed snow standing more than 6 feet high in places. One of the biggest challenges, according to Picciolo, has been keeping snow off the roof.
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