Announcing Unofficial Bear Valley

We’ve quietly been working to get a new Unofficial site up and running for this season. The Unofficial Bear Valley site can be found at http://unbearvalley.com and is the fourth mountain to join Unofficial. We hope to build a strong community of skiers and riders at Bear Valley Mountain, just like we have at our other three mountains.

The Bear Valley site has been in the works for a couple of years. Times have been tough around Bear Valley. There was even some talk of closing the mountain unless a new buyer could be found. Several people contacted us about starting an Unofficial page for Bear Valley Mountain to help rally the community. Fortunately, the first bullet was dodged and the mountain re-opened in 2012-13.

While the mountain continues to operate this season, the mountain operations and the entitlements for development are for sale. There’s even some interested buyers. It seems as if Bear Valley may become the largest community owned resort in California. There is already a well organized group that is hoping to buy out the resort. It’s these sorts of efforts that will keep local resorts alive when they are forced to compete with mega-resort companies like KSL and Vail.

Former Alpine Meadows employee Oliver Kopitz has relocated to Bear Valley and will be the new writer for the Bear Valley site. He has a ton of enthusiasm and is off to a great start with the site. Thanks for spreading the word around about the new site, we’re happy to be expanding our little corner of the internet.