| The city of Big Bear Lake is an Alpine-like
year-round recreation area with a full time population of about 6,000;
however, on a good winter weekend, the population can swell to 100,000
or more. It is located at about 7,000 feet in the San Bernardino Mountains
northeast of Los Angeles. It is a two and one-half hour drive from
the Los Angeles International Airport, and a comfortable three-hour
drive from San Diego, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, and Palm Springs.
The Big Bear Valley is known for its excellent day and night skiing,
miles of hiking trails, mountain biking, horseback riding, gold-mining-boom-town
history, fishing, boating, pristine air, and sparkling lake. |
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The lake is approximately eight miles long and one mile wide.
This fresh water lake has a maximum depth of 72 feet with 23 miles of
shoreline. For folks who enjoy fishing in the summer, there are lots of
trout, bass, catfish, bluegill, and crappie. For non-fishermen, there
is jet skiing, water skiing, swimming, sailing and lake cruising. And
of course in the winter, skiing, snowboarding, sledding and other winter
activities are excellent. The valley receives about 120 inches of snowfall
each winter.
Big Bear is an ideal year-round resort with four seasons of
outdoor activities. Summer temperatures range from in the upper 70's during
the day to around 45 at night. Because of the nearly 300 days of clear
skies and sunshine, one of the world's six solar observatories is located
right on the lake. Winter daytime temperatures are in the 40's and in
the 20's at night.
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