Calif. ski resort makes "marketing snow"
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Even within SoCal Snow Valley is a warmer climate than Big Bear and during the winter cannot make snow as often. But Snow Valley is far enough west not to be blocked by the 10,000+ San Bernardino Ridge and thus gets about twice as much natural snow as Big Bear.
Snow Valley was a much bigger player in the SoCal ski market in the late 1970's. It's smaller than the Big Bear areas but more importantly it doesn't have the big water source for snowmaking. Snow Summit had always made some snow, but the big push in capacity and coverage came in the early 1980's.
Snow Valley was a much bigger player in the SoCal ski market in the late 1970's. It's smaller than the Big Bear areas but more importantly it doesn't have the big water source for snowmaking. Snow Summit had always made some snow, but the big push in capacity and coverage came in the early 1980's.
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Tony Crocker":kl358ug8 said:
Snow Valley is larger in acerage than both Snow Summit & Bear Mountain.
Yes, but with the exception of the erratically open Slide Peak, much flatter.snowboard247":14psm7i4 said:
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Tony Crocker":1mn0pi5a said:
This is a shame. There appears to be some very good slackcountry terrain directly to the west of Slide Peak with fall lines far superior to those in-bounds (>1000' vert). It's a much tougher job to hoof it from the lower lifts.
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Admin":2scrc7dn said:But Crocker, you're the one who said "smaller,"not "flatter."
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Thanks admin
By smaller, I meant "skis smaller." In other threads I've made comments about defining size as "vertical variety." Out of context I understand that acreage is the most commonly understood definition.