Snow Summit (Big Bear)
Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino Mountains) · near Big Bear Lake · Los Angeles / SoCal
Skiing & Snowboarding
At a glance
- Pass
- ikon
- Vertical
- 1200
- Size
- 240 acres
- Season
- November–April · Heavy snowmaking gives one of SoCal's most reliable seasons · Night skiing
What is here
- Best for
- Reliable Snowmaking · Night Skiing · LA Access · All Levels
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Skiing & Snowboarding detail
- Nickname
- Big Bear's Classic Ski Mountain
- Summit
- 8200
- Lifts
- 12
- Avg snowfall
- 100+ inches (extensive snowmaking)
- Night skiing
- Yes
- Terrain park
- Yes
- Ski school
- Yes
- On mountain lodging
- No
- Signature runs
- The Summit runs · Night skiing
- Intl tip
- Snow Summit and Bear Mountain (this guide) share a lift ticket — ski both in a day. Big Bear Lake is a full four-season town: summer brings lake paddling (kayak guide) and the Snow Summit bike park plus Santa Ana River Trail MTB (MTB guide). Night skiing extends the LA day trip into the evening.
The guide
Snow Summit is the classic, ski-focused half of the Big Bear resort pairing (its sister mountain Bear Mountain, already in this…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Snow Summit (Big Bear) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.227, -116.891