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Page 6—April 2018 Resorts wind down with Break, Hunt Celebrate spring Bear Mountain-style with a day of fun in the sun highlighted by not one but two top free live performances on the deck Saturday, March 31. Help wind down the winter season during Bear Break 2018, with modified mogul race, tug-of-war competition, best dressed retro contest and tons of prize giveaways. Play big kid backyard games like colossal cornhole, larger-than-life ladder golf, and big boy beer pong. Chill—literally—with pond skimming from 1;30-3 p.m. across the 100-foot manmade lake in The Scene. Come in hot or you’ll cool quickly by splashing into the water short of successfully crossing the pond. Best overall impression wins and there’s bonus points for costumes and creativity. Someone will take home a 2018- 19 Bear+Summit Anytime season pass plus $500 cash! First up on the stage is the Southern California surf duo Wheeland Brothers for an hour-long set at 12:30 p.m. The pair’s beach-inspired sound has taken them all over California and from west coast to east, the Caribbean and beyond. Three albums including 2016’s “Lost in the Key of Sea” show the popularity of their surf sound, which is why the Wheeland Brothers have been favorites at Virgin Island festivals like Cali Roots, Firefly and others. Then it’s time for reggae rock with Tomorrows Bad Seeds at 3:30 p.m. in another free show. The band is no stranger to Big Bear, having played previously at The Cave 909.878.4FUN at North Shore Landing & Holloway’s Marina Pirate Ship Lake Tours Aboard ‘Time Bandit’ Narrated lake tours aboard 1/3 replica of a Spanish galleon seen in the movie ‘Time Bandits’ • Pirate Booty for the Kids • Cocktails for Adults • Sunset Tours as well as last year’s Hot Dawgz and Hand Rails. TBS has enjoyed a meteoric start to its career since its debut album “Early Prayers” in June 2007 hit the airwaves. The band was part of the Warped Tour 2010 and performed “Only for You” on national television with Craig Ferguson in 2011. The single “Nice & Slow” charted #1 on CDbaby Reggae charts. “One Way” from the third TBS album made the Billboard Indicator Charts and the band is touring in support of a new single “Throwback.” Bear Break opens with its mogul race at 10 a.m. Climb to the top of The Scene on foot and race down resort-built bumps. Best overall time takes home a dual mountain anytime pass for next year plus $250. Tug-of-War commences at 11:15 over the skim pond. Four-person teams fight to keep from getting wet and the last team standing takes home four $100 BBMR gift cards valid for lift tickets, lessons, rentals and dining. A season pass is also on the line during the 4:45 p.m. best dressed event. Easter Egg hunt at Snow Summit base area is on Sunday, April 1. Win big by finding golden eggs during hunts at 10 a.m. for ages five and under, 10:30 for six and over. Meet near the DJ booth at 9:45 a.m. There’s live music too at the free event. All of which makes for great Spring Break skiing and riding and a fitting wind down to the season which ends sometime in April. While winter has been marginal • Waverunners • Jet Skis • Sea Doos! • Kayaks, SUP • Wakeboard/Water Ski Rides • Poontoon Boats and Fishing Boats! www.HollowaysMarina.com or www.BigBearBoating.com COZY CHALETS WITH FIREPLACES & GREAT VIEWS... LOCATED AT SNOW SUMMIT'S BASE AREA... JUST STEPS TO THE SKI LIFTS! Also Available Lakeside RV Park with Full Hookups! Remodeled Bathrooms and Store www.800BigBear.com to say the least, as the month arrives there’s still 135+ features on the slopes between the resorts with many runs and lifts operating. Including favorites like Miracle Mile and Log Chute at Snow Summit, along with Chair 7 runs like 7-Down and lower Timber Ridge. Bear meanwhile has built a cool mini mogul field for Break in The Scene. There’s still plenty of park with big jump line down the Park Run and jibs galore. Forget the beach, the place to enjoy Spring Break is Big Bear! While there’s still this season to enjoy, it’s time to think of next year. Season Passes are on sale at their lowest prices of the year, and they’re good for the rest of this season and all of next. Midweek adult passes valid at both Snow Summit and Bear Mountain are just $269 while dual mountain passes good anytime are $429. Bear Mountain only anytime passes are $329. Don’t buy a ticket at the window; buy a 2018-19 pass instead! Big Bear Today Pond skimming, concerts by Wheeland Brothers and Tomorrows Bad Seeds Really though the best deals are new Ikon Passes from Alterra Resorts, owner of both Big Bear resorts. Ride here plus there, at California resorts like Mammoth and June Mountains plus now Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows, all with unlimited access. Also neverending at Copper Mountain, Eldora and Winter Park in Colorado along with eastern resorts. Plus there’s select number of days at a dozen other areas, like Deer Valley and Alta-Snowbird, Jackson Hole, Big Sky, Aspen Snowmass, Steamboat and more. Alberta’s Big 3 (Lake Louise, Sunshine Village, Norquay) is even on the list! Ikon Base Pass with limited holiday blackout days is $599—actually a hundred bucks less than last year’s Cali4nia Pass. For $899 the Ikon Pass offers even more value— Steamboat also becomes unlimited—plus seven days instead of five of access to the select resorts with no blackouts. Visit bigbearmountainresort.com or call (844) GO-2-BEAR. Beat feet to beat MS at May 5 Walk Beat feet for a good cause during the 2018 Big Bear MS Walk on Saturday, May 5 along North Shore’s paved Alpine Pedal Path. Join dozens of teams and hundreds of walkers for a morning walk along the lake followed by terrific party. Since the first multiple sclerosis walk in 2005, the Big Bear event has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars to assist MS sufferers, including those living in Big Bear Valley. MS stops people from moving and you can help make sure it doesn’t. The walk starts and ends at North Shore Elementary and travels along the paved Alpine Pedal Path. Choose from a 1K walk or 5K walk, roll, stroll or run option. The lake is feet away from participants, and views of the ski resorts and snow-covered peaks of the San Gorgonio Wilderness in the distance are stunning. Along the way there’s rest stops with snacks and drinks. Alpine Pedal Path is a great early-season walk anyway and is popular with bikers, skaters and strollers. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies get underway at 10 a.m. with Big Bear Marine Corps Color Guard leading the way. There’s tons of activities to enjoy including information and vendor booths, music, and kids fun zone with bounce house. The food court features grub from participating restaurants. The walk follows at 10:30. The finish line festival features food, music, facepainting, team booths and sponsor giveaways. MS Walk’s raffle always has lots of great prizes, like merchandise, gift certificates to local restaurants, overnight getaways in Big Bear and other destinations, and more. Those who raise $100 or more in donations get a MS Walk T-shirt. Raise higher levels and there’s amazing gifts starting with hats and drink tumblers to exercise mats, backpacks, all the way to a Fitbit Blaze and even Sony Wifi TV. There’s prizes for Best Dressed and Most Spirited teams plus Inspirational walker. MS is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, with symptoms that differ from person to person. Although the progress and severity of MS cannot yet be predicted, recent advances in research and treatment give much hope to those affected by the disease. The Southern California Chapter of the National MS society depends on community support to fund local programs and accelerate national research projects to identify the cause and cure of MS. Call (909) 949-1363 ext. 66503 or register online at www.walkMS.org
Big Bear Today April 2018—Page 7 Get outside for Earth Day expo, walks Celebrate Earth Day in Big Bear with a whole month of nature activities on tap. Bear Valley Electric Service holds its annual Earth Day Expo Friday, April 20 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in its parking lot. Exhibitors include Department of Water and Power, Sierra Club Big Bear Group, Pine Knot Marina, Big Bear Discovery Center, the Chamber of Commerce and others. Admission is free. BVES is at 42020 Garstin Dr.; call (909) 866-4678. Of course Big Bear Discovery Center is a great place to celebrate the outdoors with recreation information, wilderness permits, mountain displays and more. Explore the woods with a naturalist during free Nature Walks every Saturday at 1 and 2 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. and noon. Each 30-minute, non-strenuous adventure teaches local flora and fauna plus local history while exploring Discovery Center’s forested grounds. Celebrate Earth Day in the forest by getting your hands dirty on Greenthumbs native plant restoration volunteer day on Saturday, April 21.Volunteers meet at predetermined locations to work for the Forest Service’s long-running forest program. There’s only four dates for 2018 in the revamped program and this is one of them so plan on attending. Big Bear Ranger Station itself has two greenhouses, a lathe house, and seed storage shed, and volunteers use these facilities to grow and outplant thousands of native plants from seed they collect, to give the forest a hand in its regenerative efforts. Hundreds of acres of habitat has been enhanced in the process for wildlife, federally listed plants and animals, and other degraded lands in the program since its inception in the mid-1990’s. Workdays last from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Bring a sack lunch, water, sunscreen, hat, jacket and work gloves if you have some. Call (909) 382-2828 for meeting location. Mud, obstacles task Spartan `Beasts’ FREE Bowling & Laser Tag! Thousands of elite athletes converged on Snow Summit for two days of intense competition during one of the largest events to come to Big Bear in years. Now they’re back at it, and this time it is a U.S. National Series event as well. Spartan SoCal Beast & Sprint weekend returns May 19-20. Two challenging courses are designed to test the best trained athletes, with waves of 250 entrants heading out every 15 minutes for a steady stream of action. On Saturday it’s the Spartan Beast, the most difficult race with 12-14 miles of distance and more than 30 signature Spartan obstacles to overcome. The obstacles are noteworthy in themselves—massive ladders, wall climbs, mud and more. Racers have to climb up the ski runs, under barbed wire, even cross fire. Probably some leftover snow too. On Sunday it’s the Spartan Sprint, designed for first timers to seasoned veterans. The 3-5 mile course still packs over 20 obstacles. Both days see Spartan kids races with half-mile, one and two mile courses and scaled down obstacles. Along with their own mini festival area filled with games and children’s challenges. At the base area there’s finish festival with lifestyle exhibits, vendors, music, food and more. Spectating is $20 online in advance or $25 onsite and includes $5 in Spartan bucks redeemable at the merchandise tent, entry to the rocking festival area, and access to some of the obstacles on course, including the epic Gladiator pit and finish line. Test your own physical conditioning at the event with fitness challenges like pull-up, slosh pipe, Kaiser and traverse wall. At the post race party there’s music, food and beer. Call (800) 4 BIG BEAR. With this ad buy 2 games per person at regular price and your 3rd game is FREE! (Not valid when on wait list) Visit Our New SPORTS BAR & ARCADE! GLOW BOWLING NIGHTLY! The BOWLING BARN 40625 BIG BEAR BLVD. (ENTER ON BONANZA) •878-BOWL (2695) THERE’S ALWAYS A PARTY AT THE BOWLING BARN! BBT—35 Nature Discovery Zone lets kids explore the forest firsthand Children experience the forest firsthand in an outdoor “classroom” just for them at Discovery Center. Ages 2-7 delight in the Nature Discovery Zone—first one in the National Forest system—which combines education and unstructured play areas just for youngsters. Nine interactive areas encourage outdoor exploration and even children older than the recommended age group enjoy the activities. The areas let kids climb and crawl, build and dig, gather and enjoy quiet time, plus there’s Pollinator Pathway, Messy Materials and Music and Movement. In addition a half-mile interpretive loop adjacent to Nature Discovery Zone has been built, stroller-friendly for a forest walk the whole family can enjoy. Discovery Center is also a great place to catch Cougar Crest Trail; no Adventure Standard Motel Rooms $65 with Fireplace & Queen Bed Non-Holiday / Midweek Weekends Slightly Higher Subject to change without notice. Pass is required to park there and a short half-mile connector path is a nice forest walk that’s probably more enjoyable than the beginnings of Cougar Crest anyway. Looking ahead, don’t miss next month’s International Migratory Bird Day celebration at Discovery Center on May 12. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. there’s information on local birds including walks, activities and nature crafts. Admission is free. And from 10-11 a.m. build your own sturdy birdhouse with each kit just $6, sponsored by Butcher’s Block. Discovery Center (909) 866-3437. Click Us Up! bigbeartodaymag.com CLOSE TO VILLAGE, LAKE, DINNING CLOSE to SLOPES! Deluxe Spa Rooms $85 with Cozy Fireplace (800) 255-4378 local (909) 866-2166 41121 Big Bear Blvd. • Big Bear Lake, CA www.BlackForestLodge.com
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