Big Bear Trails

There are several variations on the Seven Summits theme. You can be among the mountaineering elite who climb the Seven Highest Summits in the world. If you are young, driven, and well-supported, you can be the youngest person ever to climb these 7 highest summits like Big Bear’s teenage Jordan Romero. Or for those with day jobs, you can do Big Bear’s annual Seven Summits Challenge, which encourages mere mortals to hike the 7 highest (and quite scenic) points around Big Bear Lake. Here’s another variation: do Big Bear’s Seven …

The plan was simple: head straight up from the top of Sand Canyon Road to the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, elevation 9952′. A bit over 3 miles as the crow flies, and 3000′ of climbing. While it was April and there was some snow remaining in the Big Bear Valley, we didn’t know the exact conditions we would encounter as we ascended. The summit certainly looked snowy, but whether we would encounter hard ice, soft snow, or significant bare patches was unknown. So we came prepared for all three.

Matt and …

Please join us on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Maggio’s Restaurant for the Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation annual fund-raising dinner. By attending “Pizza & Pizzazz” you support the work of the Trails Foundation and get to enjoy all-you-can-eat  Pizza, Salad, and Soft Drinks for just $15 ($10 for kids under 13).  Beer and wine can be purchased.
Besides a tasty good dinner value, there will also be live entertainment and auctions. One of the featured auction items will be a jet ride to Las Vegas and …

Once impassable just a few months ago, the Seven Oaks Trail continues to emerge from hiding. The Big Bear Valley Trail Foundation’s Seven Oaks Trail Rehabilitation Project, with support from the US Forest Service, continues to make progress and is almost passable from top to bottom. While substantial trail corridor and tread work remain, the ability to traverse the trail without swimming through White (or Buck) Thorn and crawling over fallen trees is significant. See more info and progress at: http://www.bigbeartrails.com/trails-foundation/seven-oaks-trail-rehab.

On October 22, 2009, Big Bear Lake was announced to one of the host cities for the Amgen Tour of California 2010. This journey has been a long and nail-biting one already and it is only early December. The Big Bear Lake Events Office started working on this project Spring of 2009 to make this happen. By June Big Bear’s request for proposal was handed over to the tour for approval. There were over 50 cities throughout California trying to become a host city in the tour, but only 16 …