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Experience the Big Bear Discovery Center!

To speak with the Discovery Center call: 909-382-2790

Hours:

Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 9AM-4PM

Tuesday-Wednesday: closed

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Big Bear Discovery Center

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental!

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Hours:

Monday-Friday: 10AM-4PM

Saturday-Sunday: 10AM-6PM

Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain

Enjoy family fun activities year round. The Alpine Slide is Southern California’s only authentic bobsled experience. Riders navigate their own individually controlled sleds, each with Teflon runners and ball bearing wheels, down their choice of two quarter-mile-long cement tracks filled with high banked turns and long straightaways.

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Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental!

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Hours:

Monday-Sunday: 9AM-5PM

Zipline Tours

9 Zipline | 3 Hour Tour $129 Per Person

Experience Big Bear’s landscape in a totally new way! This Package offers an exciting year-around three-hour tour that lets you explore the mountains from a new perspective. The tour is weather permitting and starts with an off-road ride in a Jeep. It’s great for families, team building, retreats, large groups or just the adventure seeker in you!

You’ll zip on 9 separate high-speed ziplines ranging from 140 – 860 feet long and travel through the treetops up to 85′ above the forest floor. The ziplines get progressively faster and longer through beautiful mountain terrain where you can reach speeds up to 45 mph.

9 high-speed ziplines
Ziplines range from 140′ – 860′ long
Travel through the treetops up to 85′ above the forest floor
Includes fun suspension bridge & off-rode ride in our safari vehicle

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Summer

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Zipline

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental!

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Hours:

Monday-Sunday: 7AM-12AM

Off Road Tours

Big Bear Jeep Experience gives you a choice of driving yourself or enjoying a guided tour from the pros. You follow the tour guide through an exciting and educational tour along some of the hundreds of miles of Jeep trails throughout Big Bear Valley. The Big Bear Jeep Experience offer tours for the whole family, and their most popular kid-friendly tour explores Holcomb Valley and ends with exploring an old miner’s settlement. They also have more intermediate and advanced tour options!

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Off Road Tours

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental!

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Hours:

Monday-Friday: 10AM-4PM

Saturday-Sunday: 10AM-6PM

Mineshaft Coaster at Magic Mountain

Mineshaft Coaster is a thrilling new mountain coaster that is fun for the entire family! Enjoy mountain scenery on your way up, then you control the speed down a mile-long track!

Experience a variety of thrill ride features such as steep descents, dips, twists, hairpin turns, tunnels, and 360-degree corkscrews! Mineshaft Coaster is the first mountain coaster in California!

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Mineshaft Coaster

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Hours:

Monday-Sunday: 10AM-4PM

Alpine Zoo

The Big Bear Alpine Zoo is a must-see during your stay in Big Bear Lake.

The Zoo is a rehabilitation facility offering injured and orphaned wild animals a safe haven, temporarily while they heal or permanently, as they are unable to survive on their own. 90% of all animals brought to the Zoo are successfully released back into their native environment.

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Alpine Zoo

Horseback Riding

To book this experience call: 909-585-6482

Because Baldwin Lake Stables is open year-round, horseback rides can be experienced no matter the season. In fact, visitors often find that winter rides are a one-of-a-kind experience that combines a gorgeous ride with a horse’s passion for running through the snow. Fall provides stunning scenery of colorful foliage and summer makes for an exceptional experience as the scenery rests in full bloom. No matter what month you choose to ride, guests can pick between 1, 2 or 3-hours excursions. Reservations for a half-day ride come complete with a packed sack lunch for guests to enjoy at stopping points.

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Horseback Riding

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental!

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Hours:

Monday-Friday: 10AM-4PM

Saturday-Sunday: 10AM-6PM

Alpine Water Slide

Take a ride in the crystal blue waters of the Alpine water slide. Turing and banking on the way to the 3 ½ deep pool of inviting water. When you are done, relax with family and friends on the poolside redwood deck.

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Alpine Water Slide

Helicopter Ride

To book this experience call: 909-585-1200

Hours:

Monday-Friday: 10:30AM-4PM

Saturday-Sunday: 10AM-5PM

501 Valley Boulevard Big Bear City, Ca 92314
Located at the Big Bear City Airport Terminal

Driving to Big Bear offers lovely views of the San Bernadino mountains. Once you arrive the view continues to be spectacular. If you want an entirely different perspective, take a helicopter tour. You can see the mountains and Big Bear Valley from above and see things you just might miss on the ground!

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Helicopter Ride

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental!

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Golf

Big Bear’s gorgeous mountain resort golf course provides a scenic backdrop where you can enjoy a 9-hole round of golf April through November on a regulation course; Polish up your woods and sharpen your skills at the driving range; or take the whole family for a round of miniature golf that offers 18 exciting holes complete with breaking greens, water hazards and attractive landscaping.

$40.00 9-hole
$60.00 18-hole

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Golf

Bowling

To book this experience call: 909-878-2695

Hours:

Sunday-Thursday: 10AM-10:30PM

Friday-Saturday: 10AM-12AM

Located on Big Bear Boulevard, the Bowling Barn is easy to access and even easier to notice with its namesake red and white exterior, reminiscent of a rural barnyard. Once inside, visitors will find 16-lanes ready for bowling and a fully-automated scoring system which lets you focus on the game while it keeps track of the numbers as you go. Bumpers and ramps are available on request, making this a family-friendly destination that caters to bowling abilities of all types. If you’re lucky enough to stop by on a glow bowling night, get ready for some blacklight magic! When the lights go out, The Bowling Barn glows in fluorescent hues and music videos on all screens set the stage for a festival night of bowling.

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Bowling

Go-Kart Racing

To book this experience call: 909-585-0075

Races bought with your membership range from $15 for a single-kart race to $48 for 4 single-kart races or three double-kart races.

Sodi Kart’s RT8 – mini race cars!!! Pick your racer nickname and race against the clock to see how many laps you can run to beat your opponents time. Bragging rights among your friends and/or family. This is definitely an activity almost any age can enjoy.

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Go-Kart Racing

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Paddle Boarding

There are several different ways to spend time on or in Big Bear Lake. Stand up paddle boards are a great way to work out and experience the water in a different way.

Stand up Paddle Board:

2 Hours – $35
Half Day ( 4 Hours ) – $55
Full Day ( 8 Hours ) – $85

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Holloways Marina

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Paddleboarding

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental

To book this experience call: 855-638-3971

Kayaking

Kayaking offers a peaceful way to take in the views around Big Bear Lake, maybe cast a fishing line out and relax by going as fast or slow as you’d like to paddle! This is a great activity for people of all ages and ability.

Single Kayak – One Person
2 Hours – $35
Half Day ( 4 Hours ) – $59
Full Day ( 8 Hours ) – $89

Get Boards

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Kayaking

Experience Package – Available with a Big Bear Vacations Cabin Rental

Bike Rentals

Big Bear is a mountain biking destination in Southern California. This world-class mountain biking region has more than one hundred miles of trails and forest service roads to satisfy bikers of all ages and skill levels. Snow Summit has a top-notch

Goldsmiths Sports-

GetBoards

Bear Valley Bikes

Chains Required

Mile High Sports

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Recommended Journey

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Mountain Biking / Rental

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Hiking

Oh, the places you will go! So many amazing hiking trails to choose from in Big Bear. From easy to difficult, the entire family and/or group will enjoy the trails. Some of the best hiking in southern California and the views of the mountains and lake will not disappoint.

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Hiking

Experience the Big Bear Discovery Center!

To speak with the Discovery Center call: 909-382-2790

Hours:

Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 9AM-4PM

Tuesday-Wednesday: closed

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