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, Horses, and Bikes Trail Type: 100% singletrack. Description: The Camp Creek trail starts at Forest Road 2N97 directly off of [...]
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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 Difficulty: Moderate Activities: Hiking and Horses. Bikes and motorized vehicles not permitted on South Fork Trail. [...]
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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 several sections of loose rock. On a mountain bike this is a difficult [...]
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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 Horses. Bikes are not permitted in Wilderness Areas. Trail Type: 100% singletrack. Description: The Lost Creek Trail starts right [...]
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Pam Kalina. Super nice resident of Big Bear. Just retired as the race director of the world famous Holcomb Valley Trail Run. And she was kind enough to talk to us about one of her favorite trails here in Big Bear: the Cougar Crest Trail. Pam’s Trail was published in a May 2012 edition [...]
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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: hiking, biking and horseback riding. Trail Type: 100% singletrack. Description: A classic Big Bear trail, Pine Knot takes you from [...]
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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 not permitted in Wilderness Areas. Trail Type: 100% singletrack. Description: A trail that takes you across Fish [...]
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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: Moderate. Activities: Hiking, biking, horseback riding. Trail Type: 4×4 trail. Description: Hidden off the side of Highway [...]
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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. Difficulty: the first mile is easy until you reach the “Gunsight”. From here the trail is not [...]
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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 will be a very long day. Consider breaking it into smaller pieces. On a bike [...]
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