Dodge Ridge, family-owned and family-loved since 1950: Dodge Ridge awaits another storm before announcing opening day. What’s noteworthy about this resort is that throughout its long history the ...

Bear Valley Village, just below the ski area, is home to a variety of services, shops, restaurants and a wide range of accommodations. Winters provide skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing ...

Ski Patrol members Tom Ryan, left, and Bill Dirks ski down a run while working at the Bear Valley Mountain Resort in Bear Valley, CA, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Michael Short/The Chronicle ...

Top skiers and boarders can be first on the powder in the new year at Bear Valley Mountain. The ski resort east of Sacramento in the central Sierra offers a special First Tracks tour at 7:30 a.m ...

Snow Valley. 35100 CA-18, Running Springs, CA 92382. Snow Summit. 880 Summit Blvd., Big Bear Lake, CA 92315. Bear Mountain. 43101 Goldmine Drive, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315 ...

XMASSKIA-C-14DEC01-SP-PG Mike Schimke age 19 freestyle skiier, & Terry Nelson, snowboarder age 20 at Bear Valley winter resort. The resort now has reached a 50/50 split on skiers and snowboard users.