Snow play areas open in Big Bear Lake

Big Bear Lake's two snow play parks, Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain and Big Bear Snow Play, are now open for the holiday season.

Both parks feature their special Magic Carpet lifts, conveyor belts that transport people from the bottom to the top of the slope. which ensure maximum snowplay time.

"You can get more tubing in an hour than you would in a whole day if you were walking," said Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain General Manager Bruce Voigt.

Both parks have become a favorite holiday spot for children and adults alike, many of who make it an annual tradition to glide down the slopes on inner tubes.

Each park grooms its snow runs nightly with ski-resort quality snowmaking systems to ensure optimum sliding conditions, and have such great snowmaking capability that inner tubing is expected to last through April.

All day snow-play passes are available at Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain for $25 per person. All day passes at Big Bear Snow Play are also $25 per person. All day passes include inner tube rental and Magic Carpet use. The parks are open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Night tubing is also available at Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and cost $15.  Midweek, non-holiday group discounts are also available for groups of 35 people or more. Please call 909-866-4626 for more details.

 To get more information about all winter activities in Big Bear Lake, to book lodging reservations, or to request a Visitors Guide, log on to www.bigbear.com or call 1-800-4-BIG-BEAR (1-800-424-4232).

joe.nelson@inlandnewspapers.com