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Snow Summit Ski Resort

Trail Map Snow Summit

The Ski Resort

Snow Summit is sister mountain of Bear Mountain and the two resorts are connected by a free shuttle service. Snow Summit offers a skiable terrain of 97 hectares. You can choose from 31 trails. The mountain provides plenty of trails for all ability levels. However, more than half of the trails are expert runs.

Snow Summit puts much effort into snowmaking. The resort owns over 330 snowguns that ensure best snow conditions during the entire season even when the area is not treated with enough natural snowfall. Snow Summit also has two terrain parks, Fun Zones and Ego Trip. Fun Zones is perfect for novice freeystylers. It is full of beginner elements on which you can practice without harming yourself. Ego Trip, in contrast, is for those looking for a challenge. It has a variety of indermediate and advanced jibs and jumps. The staff at Snow Summit is very dedicated to providing best conditions and maintain terrain features nightly so you will always find perfect features.

Finally, Snow Summit is also a wonderful place for first timers. The Snowsport School offers a great variety of different programs for both children and adults. They address not only beginners but also those who already have some experience and want to further their skills. And at Snow Summit the Snowsports School is even a place for advanced skiers and riders. For instance, they can participate in the "Go with a Pro" programs in which they can get helpful tips by a real mountain aficionado.

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Interesting facts

  • The vertical drop from summit to base is 366 m. The average difference in altitude between base and summit of Ski Resorts in the USA is 374 m. The ski resort takes you to an elevation of 2,499 m.
  • Average snow depth during the season is 141 cm at summit elevation and 108 cm at base elevation. Snow coverage is usually best during March, offering an average snow depth of 160 cm at summit elevation and 123 cm at the base. Therefore Snow Summit is among the 5 ski Resorts with best snow conditions in California.
  • Snow Summit features 96 sunny days on average per season. The average for all ski Resorts in the USA is 53 sunny days. December is the sunniest month with an average of 25 sunny days. This makes the ski resort one of the 3 sunniest in the USA.

Snow Safety & Snowmaking

Snowmaking Share
100%
Snow Making Machines: 330
Average snow depth of the last years (Summit)
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(in cm)

Nightskiing

Nightskiing possible

Videos

01:07
Welcome Back to Winter
00:52
Opening Day 2019 | Snow Summit
00:32
First Snowfall Of The Season
00:31
Your Mountains, Your Passes
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last update on 10 Feb 2023
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Contact

Snow Summit Mountain Resort
P.O. Box 77, 880 Summit Blvd.
CA 92315
Big Bear Lake
E-Mail
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Phone844-GO2-BEAR
Fax(909) 866-3201

Comments

Rate the Ski Resort
Thomas Mordy
on Mar 2, 2022
It's full of fun and I enjoy skiing there. I come up every weekend to ski on the ski team. I have a really fun time up there. I have 7 medals.
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Mountain Stats

Elevation2,134 m - 2,499 m
SeasonNovember - April
Opening Day12 Nov 2022
Closing Day16 Apr 2023
Capacity 16200 Persons/Hr.

Lifts

14
11
3
Total 14

Skiable Terrain

98 ha
Easy
Green Circle
Moderate
Blue Squared
Advanced
Black Diamond
Extreme
Double Diamond
Overall Slope Area 98 ha
Number of Slopes 31

Weather (2,500 m)

Snow Report

Rates

$155
1 day adult $155
1 day youth $127
1 day child $70
All rates & fees