Spring in Big Bear Lake?

It seems as though Mother Nature is not finished with winter yet in Big Bear.  We received another 6″ of fresh snow last night, and it is beginning to snow again this afternoon.  Is it really Spring?  April 10 will be the last chance to get in some skiing or snowboarding at Bear Mountain Ski Resort for this season, but Snow Summit will remain open for a bit longer.  Summer rates at Cal-Pine Chalets are in effect now, so make your reservation and take advantage of this late season storm to get in some skiing.

Big Bear Lake opened this past week for this fishing, boating and water skiing season.  While it is still a bit too chilly for the water skiing, rumor has it the fishing is good at the east end of the Lake.  The MS Walk 2011, to be held on the Alpine Pedal Path Saturday, April 16, will surely be a gorgeous walk this year.  The Alpine Pedal Path borders the North Shore of Big Bear Lake, and the event is always fun and for a great cause.  For more information:

http://walkcal.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?fr_id=16473&pg=entry

Getting here has become “slightly” easier now, with the opening of Highway 330 to commuter traffic only.  One way traffic for downbound commuters will be open from 6-8am, Monday through Friday, and open for upbound commuters Monday through Friday from 4-6pm.  Highways 18 through Lake Arrowhead, and Lucerne Valley are wide open, as well as Highway 38 from Redlands, so there are still other options while construction on Highway 330 is completed.

Looking forward to a beautiful Spring here in Big Bear Lake…….once it actually arrives !

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Beautiful sunset over Snow Summit

What a beautiful sunset this evening for the last weekend of night skiing this season.

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Big Bear Lake Chili Cook-Off 2010

Big Bear Lake Chili Cook-Off
Date: Jul 16, 2011

This sanctioned cook-off by the International Chili Society draws more than 40 cooks from all over the southwest to compete for cash prizes and coveted titles. But don’t forget the 50+ vendors and activities to make this a whole day, family fun event where kids can climb rock walls, eat snow cones, enjoy the live entertainment, and of course eat the chili!

Here’s some Chili History:
From the time the second person on earth mixed some chili peppers with meat and cooked them, the great chili debate was on – more of a war in fact. Chili peppers were used in Spain and showed up in the great cuisines of India, Indonesia, China, Italy, the Caribbean, France and Mexico.

Juan de Onate entered what is now New Mexico and in 1598 and brought with him the green chili pepper. Grown there for 400 years since some Canary Islanders took some and transplanted it in San Antonio Texas in 1793. They used these locally grown peppers, white onions, garlic and local spices to concoct pungent meat dishes.
There is little doubt that cattle drovers and trail hands did more to popularize the dish throughout the Southwest then anybody else.

Thanks to its popularity, the various drivers, cooks & trail hands began experimenting with various ingredients, each claiming their concoction was better than anyone else’s and thus began the Chili Cook-Offs.

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