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The 5 Best Terrain Parks in California

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This past spring, I set myself a goal: learn to ski park. My journey started learning to slide rails in the Gold Coast Park at Palisades Tahoe, California. In the summer months, I continued to learn by skiing Forest Trail and Main Park at Mammoth Mountain, California. Finally, this past month, I enjoyed skiing at an awesome early-season park at […]

Jeremy Thom | March 29, 2025
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The 5 Most Southern Ski Resorts in the U.S.

There are thousands of ski resorts throughout the world and in some pretty bizarre locations. Did you know you can go skiing in Israel? Morocco also has some world-class skiing at Oukaimeden. Seems like as long as there are cold winter temperatures, ample snow, and a hill, people are going to go skiing down it. Many places you wouldn’t guess […]

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Steven Snyder | November 6, 2023
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Bear Mountain and Snow Summit, CA, Look to Combine and Form 1 Ski Area with Interconnecting Lifts

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Bear Mountain and Snow Summit are both part of Alterra-owned Big Bear Mountain Resort. The twin properties are located just two miles apart and offer a variety of diverse activities and events, to go along with skiing and snowboarding. Both are under evaluation by the U.S. Forest Service on a plan to connect the two resorts. This would be done […]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | September 1, 2023
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Here’s What’s Happening at Big Bear Mountain Resort, CA, This Winter

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The town ofย Big Bear Lakeย and Southern Californiaโ€™s premier alpine destination,ย Big Bear Mountain Resort,ย are preparing to welcome visitors for another season of endless outdoor adventure experiences both around town and on the mountain.ย  Significant renovations are underway at Bear Mountain, including a $2 million upgrade to Laybacks Bar. Additionally, upgrades have been made to the Bear Mountain rental shop to help […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 6, 2022
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Bear Mountain, CA Report: Powder in March with Plenty of Untracked Terrain

Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from Friday, March 12th, 2021 Although Big Bear is typically known for its great terrain park, warm temperatures, and cloudless blue skies, today was a day that was a rare exception to this trend. Over the past 48 hours, Big Bear, including Bear Mountain, has seen a storm roll in, dropping over […]

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Liam Abbott | March 13, 2021
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Snow Summit, CA Report: SoCal Skiing at its Finest

Brought to you by Ski California Report from Friday, March 5th, 2021 What is Big Bear, California known for? It’s known for being one of the sunniest ski destinations in North America, and today was no exception. Bluebird skies and temperatures pushing 55ยบF (13ยบC) made today’s skiing feel like summer. The best conditions were in the morning. Temperatures that dropped […]

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Liam Abbott | March 5, 2021
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Three Hikers Without Safety Gear Killed by Avalanche in Chugach National Park, AK

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Three hikers were killed in an avalanche in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains on Tuesday, state troopers report. The group, who were without any avalanche gear, were reported missing when they failed to return from their day hike near Bear Mountain. Alaska state troopers and rescue crews searched the area and discovered a recent avalanche. Upon further investigation, they discovered the bodies […]

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AvyBrains | February 4, 2021
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Shaun White and His Roots In Mammoth Resorts

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[sponsored by Mammoth Mountain] PyeongChang proved that Shaun White can still bring it! White’s gold medal run in the snowboard halfpipe event made it clear that he was back to business, an especially impressive feet after coming off of a jarring crash into the lip of a frozen halfpipe back in October, requiring 62 stitches. An underwhelming fourth place finish […]

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Avatar photo Lindsay Hayden | March 8, 2018
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