Seasonal & Holidays

Southern California Mountain Ski Resorts Celebrate Latest Snowfall

After a bit of a winter bust, more than a foot of snow fell onto the Big Bear Resort between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

(CBS Los Angeles)

February 18, 2026

The latest storm brought fresh snow to Southern California's mountain resorts, a welcome sight for businesses that rely on the ski and snowboarding season.

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"This is great. This is what we want; this is what we need for the economy up here, this is the white gold," Big Bear resident Ricky Seward said.

After a bit of a winter bust, more than a foot of snow fell onto the Big Bear Resort between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. It was a similar scene farther west in the San Bernardino Mountains, with Mountain High Resort reporting about a foot of snowfall that blanketed their slopes with fresh white powder after they were bare and brown just last Friday.

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