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Big Bear is completely surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. For you nature afficionados out there, this means that towering pine trees, rocky crags, expansive vistas, and fresh adventures are waiting right outside your front door.
 
Our job is to pump you full of knowledge, activities, and inspiration, all designed to get you involved in enjoying, and caring for, our greatest resource…the trails. Whether you hike, ride a bike, or mount a horse, the Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation is your trails advocate. Come join us!


Trail Guides

Aspen Grove
Aspen Grove
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View Larger Map Trail Name: Aspen Grove Forest Service Designation: 2E05 Total Distance: 1.85 miles one way Overview: Trail that takes you to a grove of Aspen Trees. Difficulty: Easy to Moderate. Activities: Hiking and Horses. Bikes are… Read More

Camp Creek Trail
Camp Creek Trail
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View Larger Map Trail Name: Camp Creek Trail Forest Service Designation: 2N97 Total Distance: 6 miles round trip Overview: Rarely used trail that takes you down to Siberia Creek. Difficulty: Moderate to Strenuous. Activities: Hiking, Hors… Read More

Hanna Flats
Hanna Flats
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View Larger Map     Trail Name: Hanna Flats Forest Service Designation: 1W05 Total Distance: 4.9 miles one way Overview: Sweeping and fast trail through burned areas. Difficulty: Easy to moderate. Activities: Hiking, Bik… Read More

Siberia Creek
Siberia Creek
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View Larger Map   Trail Name: Siberia Creek Forest Service Designation: 1W04 Total Distance: 6.1 miles one way Overview: rugged and scenic trail that drops down into the Bear Creek drainage and ends at Siberia Creek Group Camp… Read More

Fall Classic
Fall Classic
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View Larger Map   Trail Name: Fall Classic Forest Service Designation: Multiple Road and Trails. Total Distance: 17 mile loop. Overview: A classic tour of the trails and roads on the Big Bear rim. Difficulty: If you hike this, it… Read More

PCT Onyx to Cushenberry
PCT Onyx to Cushenberry
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View Larger Map     Trail Name: Pacific Crest Trail Onyx to Cushenberry Total Distance: 13.2 miles one way Overview: Long and diverse hike along beautiful Pacific Crest Trail. Difficulty: The trail itself is easy to modera… Read More

Holcomb Valley Tour
Holcomb Valley Tour
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View Larger Map     Trail Name: Holcomb Valley Tour Forest Service Designation: Multiple roads and trails. Total Distance: 20 mile loop. Overview: Long dirt road loop with views of Big Bear Lake and Holcomb Valley. Diffic… Read More

Lost Creek
Lost Creek
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View Larger Map Trail Name: Lost Creek Forest Service Designation: 1E09 Total Distance: 5.75 miles one way Overview: rarely used trail that takes you up into the San Gorgonio Wilderness Area. Difficulty: Moderate. Activities: Hiking and… Read More

Cougar Crest
Cougar Crest
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View Larger Map     Trail Name: Cougar Crest Forest Service Designation: 1E22 Total Distance: 2.3 miles one way Overview: Popular trail with views of Big Bear Lake. Difficulty: Easy to moderate. Activities: Hiking, biking. Ple… Read More

Pine Knot Trail
Pine Knot Trail
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View Larger Map   Trail Name: Pine Knot Forest Service Designation: 1E01 Total Distance: 3.1 miles one way Overview: popular and well maintained trail that ends at a great overlook. Difficulty: easy to moderate. Activities: hi… Read More

Heart Bar Peak
Heart Bar Peak
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View Larger Map     Trail Name: Heart Bar Peak Forest Service Designation: 1N38 Total Distance: 3.2 miles one way Overview: Steep climb up a trail to a peak with views of San Gorgonio and Sugarloaf Peak. Difficulty: Moder… Read More

Poopout Hill via Jenks Lake / South Fork Trail
Poopout Hill via Jenks Lake / South Fork Trail
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View Larger Map Trail Name: Poopout Hill via Jenks Lake/South Fork Forest Service Designation: 1E04 Total Distance: 3.8 miles one way Overview: scenic trail that takes you past Jenks Lake to the edge of the San Gorgonio Wilderness Area Dif… Read More

John Bull
John Bull
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View Larger Map     Trail Name: John Bull Forest Service Designation: 3N10 Total Distance: 11.2 mile loop Overview: rough dirt road loop with views of local rock climbing area and desert to the north. Difficulty: On a bike… Read More

Tip Top Mountain
Tip Top Mountain
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View Larger Map Trail Name: Tip Top Mountain Forest Service Designation: 2N90 Total Distance: 1.7 miles one way Overview: Rocky and steep road up to one of the best views in Big Bear. Difficulty: If you hike this it is moderate, with sev… Read More

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Skyline Trail Work Schedule: RSVP HERE!
Skyline Trail Work Schedule: RSVP HERE!
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Camp Creek Trail
Camp Creek Trail
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Poopout Hill via Jenks Lake / South Fork Trail
Poopout Hill via Jenks Lake / South Fork Trail
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Mechanized Build has Begun
Mechanized Build has Begun
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Bikes Need Kids Too! Rob Carpenter
Bikes Need Kids Too! Rob Carpenter
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Bikers Be Respectful...Please!
Bikers Be Respectful…Please!
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Long Beach? Yes, Long Beach.
Long Beach? Yes, Long Beach.
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Summer Job in Big Bear!
Summer Job in Big Bear!
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South Shore Next Steps 2/19/2013
South Shore Next Steps 2/19/2013
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Build Trails with Dollars: June 4th Pizza and Pizzazz
Build Trails with Dollars: June 4th Pizza and Pizz…
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South Shore Information
South Shore Information
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Skyline South Shore Update
Skyline South Shore Update
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“The Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation is a broad base of unified stakeholders committed to creating, enhancing, preserving and promoting nonmotorized use of Big Bear Valley trails and roadways for the enjoyment and transportation of residents and visitors.” (c) 2012 Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation Contact Us