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Mt. Baldy
Snowboard and ski Mt. Baldy in the Heart of Southern California? It has it all and offers skiing and riding deals!
Thoughts of Southern California summon images of beaches and palm trees, Hollywood, The O.C., Beverly Hills, 90210... Skiing and snowboarding in Southern Cal? We're kidding, right? Nope, not even a little bit. One of the many great things about Southern California is that you can enjoy the ocean, the desert, farmlands and the mountains, all within a two hour drive!
Mt. Baldy area is right within the heart of it all. West of San Bernardino, you'll find ski and snowboard nirvana! It's not uncommon for people to be on the slopes in shorts and t-shirts (or shirtless altogether)! And nightlife? Now YOU'RE kidding, right? Nightlife was invented here!
The only possible downside is a bit of pocketbook shock, but we're going to help you out with that. Click on the links to the left of your screen. There you'll find big ski and snowboarding deals on everything you need, from restaurants, meals and lodging hotels, motels, condos, cabins to Mt. Baldy lift tickets, discounts on ski equipment rentals, ski and snowboard demos, activities – everything you'll want or need for your Mt. Baldy Ski trip or mini Vacation!
How good can it be? The peak is at 8,600 feet, and sports a respectable 2100 vertical feet! When you consider that you were at sea level an hour ago, that's quite a bit higher than the Rockies! The mountain offers a bit of everything, from easy milk runs to some seriously hairy Black Diamond experiences for the advanced and expert skiers,riders, and snowboarders amongst you. There's a terrain park, of course, and it sees a lot of hard use. Mt. Baldy can boast the steepest descent in all of southern California: Thunder Mt. and Chair 1 will take you to Nightmare – a 36 degree slope that maintains the drop for 1,000 vertical feet! When it's good, Mt. Baldy is everything you'd expect of a world-class ski resort, found in a charmingly nostalgic throwback to the resort's earlier backcountry beginnings.
The story of Mt. Baldy is a classic: Properly called Mount San Antonio, the resort was founded by Herb Leffler and Jim Chaffee in the 1950's. The early days demonstrated the innovative nature of Southern California, as these two built tow lines out of an old Hudson engine that Jim got from his father, who owned a mechanic's shop. Herb helped out and pitched in $150, and they were off to a rousing start! That humble beginning is gone now, replaced by several quad chairs, but the innovative spirit that formed a ski resort in Southern California can still be found there.
Instructors and ski patrol are both consummate professionals, as are the rental and repair shops. If you've never been on skis before, you'll be off to a great beginning and in warm and capable hands. If you have a hankering for a snack, that's there for you as well, right there on the mountain!
There are other ski resorts in Southern California, and nobody's going to try to say that Mt. Baldy is the very best of them... but it's often very good, and when it's goin' off, there's nothing in Southern Cal that can touch it! Click on those links to get your Mt. Baldy ski deals and discounts now! We'll see ya soon – on the Southern California snowboard and ski slopes!
Click on those links and get your Mt Baldy Ski deals and snowboarding discounts, now! And we’ll see you soon on the slopes and half pipes of Mt Baldy for lot of fun snowboarding and skiing!
