Originally Posted by
Rick@OCRR
I know what you mean about the snow! My wife and I have a cabin in Big Bear and our love/hate relationship with snow seems to be about the same as yours.
Our mountain bikes stay at the cabin pretty much all year long, and mountain biking is the snow is fun but yes, the bikes are a mess when the ride is over. Other than that though, and overall, I don't mind the snow and colder temps at altitude (the cabin is at 6,700 feet of elevation).
Rick / OCRR
I know what you mean. We sold the place we had up by Lake Arrowhead and we didn't get as much snow as Big Bear. I now live just below Idyllwild and have done some hiking in the fall. I only go up to visit the snow to have lunch, drink coffee and look out the windows.