lifties were the BEST and a variety of them from all different countries that really knew their stuff. They board their own terrain & always willing to offer any help to the kids! great experience and obviously they spent real quality time training the staff!!! I hope to see more of that back side open next winter. it was a perfect year, thank you!!!

For beginner and advancing snowboarders and skiers, Snow Valley is kind of like taking your parent's advice: it may not be cool, but it is a better choice. It doesn't have the cache, panache, or marketing budget of Bear Mountain and Snow Summit, but it is more affordable, has much wider runs, is more laid back, and has way more variety of beginner terrain. As for the cool factor, it has an excellent terrain park and a fair number of expert runs which should appeal to advanced snowboarders and freestyle skiers. The downsides are the somewhat slower chairlifts and marginally shorter runs. Most beginners at Bear Mountain and Snow Summit end up finding themselves limited to just one or two runs and should have come here first.

as always so. cal. snow is fickle but the snow this week has been very good. friendly place .weekdays empty! why is the top better half of the mountain not running? its to bad could have been an epic midweek trip.lifts are slow but the place has alot of potenntial.

This place is a joke. It lacks a lot. Good place for noobs!

Snow Valley - we ski alot and have been everywhere...

Pros - Not as crowded, excellent terrain for learning, very skilled lift operators - a good terrain park (Edge) where we have seen some of the best air practice of anywhere, crowds aren't too bad, closer and less stressful that the Big Bear resorts.

Cons - Old lifts (slow, and often without any safety rails), terrible traffic going down the Mountain at the end of the day, most of the great trails at the top in the back are seldom open, can be icy, when there are spring conditions that are really wet sometimes the resort is open when the conditions just don't warrant it. Not a wide range of trails open compared to the Big Bear Resorts.

It wouldn't take much to really improve snow valley - we still like it as it is but wish the management would start to improve the lifts and snow making system.