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stone__
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i’m moving to socal and i’m pretty sure big bear is the closest place for me to ski, how is it for park skiing
Aug 3 2022 3:54PM
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Jems
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snowboarding gaperland
Aug 3 2022 4:02PM
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eheath
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Big Bear has a fire park, tons of random gapers and cali bros but I always enjoyed my time up there.
Aug 3 2022 4:40PM
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Funnel
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Park is sick, you’ll have a good time. Total shit show on weekends though. Used to hit Bear more when I didn’t have the time or coin to trip to Mammoth.
Aug 4 2022 8:13PM
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mobadis
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Bear Mountain is great if you like smelling marijuana, seeing empty alcohol containers scattered around, and larping as a black person. Also hearing constant garbage rap music blaring from a backpack. Snow Summit is more civilized and has better terrain. Both are about 80/20 snowboarder-skier split. Probably the only North American resorts where you’ll see more snowboarders than skiers.
Aug 5 2022 7:12PM
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eheath
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mobadisBear Mountain is great if you like smelling marijuana, seeing empty alcohol containers scattered around, and larping as a black person. Also hearing constant garbage rap music blaring from a backpack. Snow Summit is more civilized and has better terrain. Both are about 80/20 snowboarder-skier split. Probably the only North American resorts where you’ll see more snowboarders than skiers.


🚨Kook alert🚨
Aug 5 2022 7:52PM
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Rparr
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mobadisand larping as a black person

Aug 5 2022 7:59PM
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ASAPCarter
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mobadisBear Mountain is great if you like smelling marijuana, seeing empty alcohol containers scattered around, and larping as a black person. Also hearing constant garbage rap music blaring from a backpack. Snow Summit is more civilized and has better terrain. Both are about 80/20 snowboarder-skier split. Probably the only North American resorts where you’ll see more snowboarders than skiers.


80/20? I’d say closer to 90-95% snowboarders. Being a skier there is like riding a ski bike anywhere else.

That being said it’s a fun spot when crowds aren’t too bad. The park is usually pretty fun but they don’t really move stuff around much so it can get kinda repetitive after a while. I definitely enjoy snow summit a bit more over bear but they’re not incredibly different by any means. If you ever wanna ski just hmu, I’ll be there pretty regularly this season.
Aug 5 2022 8:26PM
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WunhungL0
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Mountain High is another option but depending where you are in LA, Big Bear might be closer
Aug 6 2022 12:16AM
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MastePoleWhacker
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Got some buddies in LA who say it’s a fun mountain to fuck around on but there’s definitely a lot of gapers
Aug 6 2022 2:25AM
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Upstate_Willis
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1048032/Dais-Bear
Aug 6 2022 9:53AM
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-Dan
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Upstate_Willishttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1048032/Dais-Bear

My thoughts exactly.
Aug 6 2022 10:32AM
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steve0
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Agree with the above.

Snow Summit is my spot. It’s a bit bigger ( meaning small not super small) the park is solid and well taken care of, and usually not crazy busy. There’s a couple NS guys around, check out the Socal thread in the regionals. Tried to get that going again.
Aug 6 2022 12:33PM
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dshiland
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Mt Baldy in Socal too, super fun terrain but not much of a park when I used to ski there a few years back
Aug 6 2022 5:13PM
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