Big Bear Blogs» Big Bear http://bigbearblogs.com Blogging From the Mountains of Big Bear Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:10:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc History http://bigbearblogs.com/boating/history.html http://bigbearblogs.com/boating/history.html#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:40:28 +0000 admin http://bigbearblogs.com/?p=1552 Built by Guy Maltby, Big Bear City About Peter Pan Woodland Club Three hundred years ago the site of Big Bear City was a wilderness, a pristine valley of forest and sward, where Juniper and Pines of ancient age have battled victoriously with snowy storms and felt the ecstacy of calms –an earthly paradise, adorned [...]]]>

Built by Guy Maltby, Big Bear City

About Peter Pan Woodland Club

Three hundred years ago the site of Big Bear City was a wilderness, a pristine valley of forest and sward, where Juniper and Pines of ancient age have battled victoriously with snowy storms and felt the ecstacy of calms –an earthly paradise, adorned with dashing streams and placid lakes, feed by melted snow, rivulets and percolating springs: in such a spectacle of loveliness is this “Never Land come true.” Here has been dedicated a happy memorial to the tribe of Peter Pan.

More than half a century ago, with the prodded burro bearing grub-stake, pick, shovel and pan, the adventurous prospector, lured by the quest of Golconda, located various claims –Doble and Rose mines becoming famous for their opulent output. Herdsmen followed the blazed trails of the miners, pre-empting the fertile sections. Pre-visioning the future of California, “Lucky” Baldwin became the possessor of three thousand enchanting acres, especially valuing the abundant water supply, now sagaciously held by the projectors of the Big Bear Land and Water Company.

First only an idea, with remarkably rapid progress, Big Bear City has become a sylvan resort of distinction. Deliberately protected from the commonplaces of commercialism, its architecture, paved Boulevard, twenty miles of improved Streets, rustic Bridges over artificial lakelets and lagoons, Tennis Courts, and the vernal sward of Golf Course, embraced by a sequestered Bridal Path, two major lakes, Baldwin, and Big Bear, where, on the latter, a floating Boat House is moored, with a little flotilla of Fishing Boats, Duck Blinds, a level mile of Airport, nearly a hundred private Homes of aesthetic pattern, surrounding the new Club site, the Lodge, and Administration Building, Mill, Fish Hatchery, Pan Hot Springs, Swimming Pool, Ski Way and Toboggan Slide –all contribute to make an unsurpassed recreational and sports rendezvous, adequately equipped and so designed that the charm of rusticity has been maintained, though augmented by all the conveniences of a modern caravansary.

To conserve the coveted water-rights, now of inestimable value, while the preliminary building of Big Bear City has been in progress, Peter Pan Woodland Club became a necessity. Thousands of Members –lovers of Sports, Recreations and Games of the virile out-of-doors, Hunting and Fishing –have made this latest feature a boon. Valuing the retention of their water-rights, the Sponsors of the Club have cautiously conserved the irreproachable character of Peter Pan’s congenial constituency, by requiring a normal, fun-loving and moral ideal of deportment. The response of the Public –all who, in the verve of human vigor, can with Peter exclaim “I’m youth, I’m joy” –has occasioned the massing of a tremendous Membership.

Four major roads, kept by the State and County in excellent shape, the announced completion of the “Big Bear Highway,” and the perfecting of the local Airport has made “Peter Pan” a mountain mecca. Many thousands of property owners have lifted Big Bear City above the level of vagueness and hope –established now, as it is, as a captivating certainty. Here multitudes of rusticants may learn, as Barrie exquisitely expresses the quaint truism, that “To live would be an awfully big adventure.”

Peter Pan Woodland Club

Peter Pan Hunting Reserves

The primitive pursuit of the human race was the Hunt, inducing that instinct in every normal Nimrod.Peter Pan private Hunting Preserves bordering Big Bear City, surrounded by the Government Forest Reserve, remain a wilderness, where rugged canyons and isolated vales become the rampart of retreating wild herds, and torrents of melting snow and bubbling springs serve the thirst of the illusive deer, or the now nearly extinct Grizzly, Mountain Lion and Wild Hog. Belligerent game occasionally may be sighted within a day’s vigorous climb. Deer, subject to the State’s protective provision, is frequently brought in from its chosen haunts –as venison, on stated days, at the Lodge is edible proof. Covies of timorous quail and doves are plentiful within three miles of the Club: all the smaller game that abound in California’s mountainous regions are here, waging their quest for existence. Adding to the thrill of the Hunt, what majesty abounds in this Hunter’s incomparable paradise, as it came from God!
Hunting in Big Bear City

Big Bear City California

The building of a City is never completed while the nucleus of attraction remains. So long as men and women work they must rest; and while Southern California shall grow, massing its millions, its recreational resorts must flourish in proportion to their unique allurement.Directly connecting with a Transcontinental Highway, nto exceeding a 6% grade over picturesque San Bernardino Mountains, Big Bear City – the terminal point of the City Creek, Victorville (desert route) and Mill Creek roads – is now easily accessible, through landscapes of splendor. Set midway between Baldwin and Big Bear Lakes, scenically the environs of this celebrated resort beggars verbal description. The site is penetrated by paved Big Bear Boulevard, intersected by more than twenty miles of improved streets, umbrageously sylvan. Aesthetic architectural requirements conforming to the rustic mood, preclude the marring of the prevailing enchantment. With that ideal in mind, numerous plans and elevations are available without cost to property owners.

 

Big Bear City

Fishing on Big Bear Lake

FISHERMAN’S luck depends on the gullibility of the fish. But what devotee of Ike Walton can catch a string, where fish are not! In the waters of the vicinity of Big Bear City, edged by rivulets and snow-fed lakes, vivified by springs, fish are in flourishing abundance.The State’s Government Fish Hatcheries are located on one of our streams, leased at a nominal rental. Selection of this site was due to the perfect purity of the water, the low temperature of 40 degrees, and easy accessibility. Under scientific supervision Baldwin and Big Bear Lakes, Green Canyon and famous Van Duesen Stream, with its purling pools, cascades and falls, are stocked with a million trout, annually.Continual “catches” are proof of Rainbow Trout and Black Bass in abundant supply. Boats, tackle and bait are available for the happy use of Members. Further supplementing the features that now attract the angler’s zest, the Seven Vagabond Lakes are proposed, stocked with Golden and Speckled Mountain Trout, Loch Leven and Dolly Varden, permitting all-year-round fishing, exempt from the State Fish and Game Laws.
Boating on Big Bear Lake

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
Sphere: Related Content

Share/Bookmark

Related Posts:

  • April 29, 2010 -- Big Bear Lake Community Rides (0)
    Sponsored by the Big Bear Chamber of Commerce Do you have a bike in your garage that is covered with dust and cobwebs? If so, dust it off a...
  • March 11, 2010 -- 4th of July Fireworks Fundraising (0)
    Chamber to Start “4th of July” Fireworks Fundraising  Each year over 100,000+ visitors come to the Big Bear mountain community to celebrate...
  • February 11, 2010 -- Southern California Superpipe – Big Bear Lake (0)
    Photo Courtesy of Bear Mountain Resort   (Big Bear Lake, CA - February 11, 2010) - Bear Mountain is offering a dose of the Olympic Spiri...
  • January 31, 2010 -- Big Bear CA Events (0)
    [caption id="attachment_1665" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Boats getting ready for fireworks show."][/caption]  Throughout th...
]]> http://bigbearblogs.com/boating/history.html/feed 0 Road Conditions and Emergency Shelters http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/road-conditions-and-emergency-shelters.html http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/road-conditions-and-emergency-shelters.html#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:37:50 +0000 admin http://bigbearblogs.com/?p=1514 Looking towards Big Bear Lake -Gold Mountain, Butler Peak and Snow Summit  Snow Summit open, Bear Mountain closed! Road restrictions were approved by Governor Schwarzenegger last night. All roads leading into Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City, in the San Bernardino Mountains, are restricted to emergency personnel and residents with ID’s. State, County and [...]]]>
Looking towards Big Bear Lake -Gold Mountain, Butler Peak and Snow Summit

 Snow Summit open, Bear Mountain closed!

Road restrictions were approved by Governor Schwarzenegger last night. All roads leading into Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City, in the San Bernardino Mountains, are restricted to emergency personnel and residents with ID’s.

State, County and CalTrans officials will meet at noon today to reassess the situation. They will also discuss sending another police escorted convoy. The convoy will carry gas and supplies to the snow bound Valley.

Road conditions are R2. If you ca, stay home and off of the roads. Drivers on West Big Bear Lake Blvd. are encouraged by the sheriff not to stop. Snow is piled on both sides of the Boulevard.

Big Bear Lake Middle School has been functioning as an emergency Red Cross center since Friday. The School has been supplying cots, blankets and basic provisions. The shelter is located at 41275 Big Bear Blvd, Big Bear Lake. Call 909.888.1481

The Post Offices are open, but there has been no delivery since Wednesday. The Big Bear Lake Post Office want to send a small truck down the hill to pick up mail and meds.

There is no UPS or FEDX today.

Southern California Edison arrived on Sunday and has been assisting Bear Valley Electric. According to the KBHR website, the following areas are still without power-Lower Moonridge, part of Boulder Bay, parts of Knickerbocker and Brownie and parts of Red Ant Hill.

A new storm is expected to reach Big Bear tonight. Not much snow accumulation is expected. Here is the latest WX from NOAA in San Diego;

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. West wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. South wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 23. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. West wind around 5 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Resources;
KBHR Radio
Big Bear Lake Information
Big Bear Road Conditions

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]


Sphere: Related Content

Share/Bookmark

Related Posts:

  • January 26, 2010 -- Snow Conditions (0)
    Both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit are experiencing epic conditions. The last storm increase the snow base to 48-84 inches of machine groome...
  • January 25, 2010 -- Road Conditions (0)
    The latest road update is Caltrans and CHP will continue to allow trucks to travel up Hwy. 38 for fuel and food supplies deliveries. I...
  • January 22, 2010 -- Snow Storm Big Bear Lake (0)
    The San Bernardino Mountains, including Big Bear Lake, received an amazing amount of snow this week. We used a Nikon Coolpix to make this ...
  • January 22, 2010 -- Storm Photos (4)
    Snow Accumulation Baldwin Lake -Big Bear CA There is sunshine in the east Big Bear Valley. The sun is poking through the clouds and we can ...
]]> http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/road-conditions-and-emergency-shelters.html/feed 1 HWY 18 Road Conditions http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/hwy-18-road-conditions.html http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/hwy-18-road-conditions.html#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:08:10 +0000 admin http://bigbearblogs.com/?p=1474 The Office of Emergency Services has ordered six CalFire Crews to Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City to help remove downed branches and debris. This will help the snowplows get through. Power is down in various parts of Big Bear. Phone service and 911 were also down for a while. According to the Big Bear [...]]]>

Snow Conditions

The Office of Emergency Services has ordered six CalFire Crews to Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City to help remove downed branches and debris. This will help the snowplows get through.

Power is down in various parts of Big Bear. Phone service and 911 were also down for a while. According to the Big Bear Grizzly, power has been restored to Boulder Bay. Crews are still working on the lower Moonridge area.

Highway 18 (through Lucerne Valley) is now OPEN to all traffic. R-3 chain restrictions remain in effect, which means chains are required on all vehicles – NO EXCEPTIONS. Caltrans reports delays could take up to 3 or 4 hours.

More Resources;

Big Bear Grizzly

Big Bear Lake



Sphere: Related Content

Share/Bookmark

Related Posts:

  • January 26, 2010 -- Snow Conditions (0)
    Both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit are experiencing epic conditions. The last storm increase the snow base to 48-84 inches of machine groome...
  • January 25, 2010 -- HWY 18 Open (0)
    Hwy. 330/18 (through Running Springs) and Hwy. 18 (through Lucerne Valley) just opened to the public. No big rig trucks or buses allowed at ...
  • January 25, 2010 -- Road Conditions (0)
    The latest road update is Caltrans and CHP will continue to allow trucks to travel up Hwy. 38 for fuel and food supplies deliveries. I...
  • January 24, 2010 -- Big Bear Lake Updates (0)
    Big Bear Lake, Big Bear City, Fawnskin CA Fun in Big Bear Lake Road Conditions as of 9:00 AM, Sunday; Highway 38 closed Highway 18 closed ...
]]> http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/hwy-18-road-conditions.html/feed 0 Storm Photos http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/storm-photos.html http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/storm-photos.html#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:53:57 +0000 admin http://bigbearblogs.com/?p=1466 Snow Accumulation Baldwin Lake -Big Bear CA There is sunshine in the east Big Bear Valley. The sun is poking through the clouds and we can finally see some of the snow accumulation. It wouldn’t surprise us to see five foot totals. Bear Mountain is closed but Snow Summit is open and will honor any [...]]]>
Snow Accumulation Baldwin Lake -Big Bear CA

There is sunshine in the east Big Bear Valley. The sun is poking through the clouds and we can finally see some of the snow accumulation. It wouldn’t surprise us to see five foot totals.

Bear Mountain is closed but Snow Summit is open and will honor any Bear Mountain tickets. The snow conditions are powder and packed powder with 36 to 54 inches as a base. It’s a blue bird powder day, and as good as it gets in Southern California.

Road conditions are treacherous and R3. All vehicles must have chains on. The main roads are being worked on and residential roads will be cleared next. Be sure to have water, flashlights, food and warm clothing in your car if you have to travel on mountain roads today.

Our weather will continue to be stromy with another eight inches of snow possible. We are experiencing occasional power outages. We’re keeping our wood stove going.

WX WEATHER FORECAST -NOAA SAN DIEGO

Today: Snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Patchy fog. High near 30. West wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 10am. Partly cloudy, with a high near 30. Wind chill values as low as zero. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

More Resources;

Weather Advisory

Snow Conditions



Sphere: Related Content

Share/Bookmark

Related Posts:

  • January 25, 2010 -- Road Conditions and Emergency Shelters (1)
    Looking towards Big Bear Lake -Gold Mountain, Butler Peak and Snow Summit  Snow Summit open, Bear Mountain closed! Road restrictions were ...
  • January 26, 2010 -- Snow Conditions (0)
    Both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit are experiencing epic conditions. The last storm increase the snow base to 48-84 inches of machine groome...
  • January 25, 2010 -- HWY 18 Open (0)
    Hwy. 330/18 (through Running Springs) and Hwy. 18 (through Lucerne Valley) just opened to the public. No big rig trucks or buses allowed at ...
  • January 22, 2010 -- Snow Storm Big Bear Lake (0)
    The San Bernardino Mountains, including Big Bear Lake, received an amazing amount of snow this week. We used a Nikon Coolpix to make this ...
]]> http://bigbearblogs.com/road-conditions/storm-photos.html/feed 4 WEATHER WX Big Bear Lake http://bigbearblogs.com/san-bernardino-mountains/weather-wx-big-bear-lake.html http://bigbearblogs.com/san-bernardino-mountains/weather-wx-big-bear-lake.html#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:40:29 +0000 admin http://bigbearblogs.com/?p=1429 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA JAN 14 2010 …BIG CHANGES IN THE WEATHER NEXT WEEK… MAJOR CHANGES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER AFTER THIS WEEKEND. A SERIES OF STORMS WILL BRING CLOUDS… COOLING…WIND…AND PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NEXT WEEK WITH SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THERE IS STILL [...]]]>

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
JAN 14 2010

…BIG CHANGES IN THE WEATHER NEXT WEEK…

MAJOR CHANGES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA WEATHER AFTER THIS WEEKEND. A SERIES OF STORMS WILL BRING CLOUDS… COOLING…WIND…AND PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NEXT WEEK WITH SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE EXACT TIMING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS…BUT THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE VIGOROUS…AND BRING LARGE RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS.

THIS ALL WEEK LONG EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE COAST…TO 20 OR MORE INCHES ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. TYPICALLY WETTER LOCATIONS ON THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS SLOPES COULD RECEIVE 30 OR MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL. EVEN THE  DESERT LOCATIONS ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN.

SNOW LEVELS WILL MOSTLY FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 5500 AND 6500 FEET WHICH WOULD CONFINE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. UP TO AROUND 4 FEET OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AT THE HEAVIEST LOCATIONS.

HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY LEAD TO AVALANCHES BELOW STEEP SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS.

THIS WET PATTERN COULD PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND OF JANUARY 23RD AND 24TH INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

Snow Conditions, coutesy of Bear Mountain Resorts
Sphere: Related Content

Share/Bookmark

Related Posts:

  • February 16, 2009 -- WINTER STORM WARNING (0)
    ...NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 5000 FEET... HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS T...
  • January 26, 2010 -- Snow Conditions (0)
    Both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit are experiencing epic conditions. The last storm increase the snow base to 48-84 inches of machine groome...
  • January 25, 2010 -- Road Conditions (0)
    The latest road update is Caltrans and CHP will continue to allow trucks to travel up Hwy. 38 for fuel and food supplies deliveries. I...
  • January 25, 2010 -- Road Conditions and Emergency Shelters (1)
    Looking towards Big Bear Lake -Gold Mountain, Butler Peak and Snow Summit  Snow Summit open, Bear Mountain closed! Road restrictions were ...
]]> http://bigbearblogs.com/san-bernardino-mountains/weather-wx-big-bear-lake.html/feed 0