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Read about a new website called thepinetree.net ... a website focusing on the Hwy 4 corridor. Looks like the author lives in the area and keeps thing up to date pretty well. Check out out.

Comments:

2006-02-27 17:32:06   We should to get bearvalley.com to make us one of their links —CoreyFarwell

2006-03-08 13:43:16   nice pictures, dad! —IsabellaZuccarino

2006-03-08 16:46:49   Thanks Isa. Corey, yes, that would be nice... I figure at some point they will get the message. —TonyZuccarino

2006-03-14 14:07:35   Thank you for this site!! I check it daily when I cannot be at BV. Katy C, Bloods Ridge X Quaking Aspen —KatyRhoades

2006-03-15 09:58:19   Katy, welcome aboard! —TonyZuccarino

2006-04-21 21:25:08   Hi everyone! Thank you for creating this page, Mr. Zuccarino, and for everyone who is looking for the 'Liz's Project' part, it will be on soon! For those of you who don't know what that is yet, keep checking back! Thanks! —LizCollett

2006-06-18 10:36:18   You added a lot of nice pics dad! I like them very much. —IsabellaZuccarino

2006-09-02 16:27:19   If ANYONE has interesting pictures about B.V. post them here! —IsabellaZuccarino

2006-09-05 19:29:06   ADD MORE! People would like to see pictures in Bear Valley, more. At least I would. —IsabellaZuccarino

2006-10-20 22:07:19   Check out the pictures of the new Polar Express lift at the BVMR being installed - Pictures of Hiber being taken out as well https://zeus.pomagroup.com/cpg149/thumbnails.php?album=5 —AndrewHarwood

2006-11-23 13:44:21   For anyone who is wondering the new polar express is done and has passed load test as of November 22. The ride time is now a mere 4 minutes and 30 seconds. —JohnSteigerwald

2006-11-24 08:26:22   thanks John... what did the ride time used to be... 4.5 min still sounds long? —TonyZuccarino

2006-11-29 21:06:44   See bear stories on webcam page. —SusiLewis

2006-11-29 21:14:29   Ebbetts Pass Historical Assoc 3rd annual WIntersports History Program Dec 9 7pm at BVL Cathedral Lounge. Honoring Bob Shedd Family for his work and contribution to the Ski Area and Industry in the 60's and special recognition to the Ebb Pass Scenic Byway (NOW National status!), Doug Coombs, Cottage Springs Resort and Bear Valley Search and Rescue. Check posters in town for more info. or write: mslewis@goldrush.com —SusiLewis

2006-12-01 10:06:15   The old ride time was a minimum of 9:45, plus the amount of time for any stops. —JohnSteigerwald

2006-12-01 14:01:18   and as we know, the amount of time spent in stops, was significant! —TonyZuccarino

2006-12-15 21:00:35   Perhaps we should start a log on this site as to how many times the new lift stops. —PhilDavis

2006-12-15 21:13:07   The time between chairs is ideally 6 seconds to allow loading. In the case of a fixed grip double chairlift, that works out to 1,200 skiers per hour. In the case of a detachable grip quad lift, the time between chairs is still 6 seconds at the loading and unloading ramp. However the cable speed between the loading and unloading area is faster, but the chairs will still be 6 seconds apart, which means they will be further apart on a faster moving cable. The ride will be faster, but the total per hour, with 4 people loading every 6 seconds is 2,400 per hour. If you are going by any given tower, exactly 6 seconds after the chair in front of you, then the lift is running well. If you get to ride on a six pack, you will notice that number rises slightly to 8 seconds, just because 6 people need a litte more time —PhilDavis

2006-12-16 10:12:02   Phil, does the new quad chair have enough snow to open yet? —TonyZuccarino

2006-12-17 11:51:43   Thanks to Merri Donovan at BV Mt resort, Ebbetts Pass Historical Assoc's website is now up and running: www.ebbettspasshistory.com Open hours: Fri/Sat/Sun 1-3 - sometimes more. Adjacent to BV Gen Store. —SusiLewis

2006-12-17 21:52:18   Tony, The snowmaking on the backside of the mountain was designed to get the triple chair going, there are no hydrants below the bottom of Grouse Connection. —PhilDavis

2006-12-17 21:53:43   Tony, The snowmaking on the backside of the mountain was designed to get the triple chair going, there are no hydrants below the bottom of Grouse Connection. So thye are making snow as far down pipeline as they can, and pushing it all the way to the bottom, where there are significant creeks to fill in, before they can open the Polar Express. Soon I think. —PhilDavis

2006-12-18 08:35:51   webpage says sky mostly cloudy, my window says wall to wall bluebird this morning —PhilDavis

2007-01-05 23:38:21   Then new Polar Express is great, but without the triple running the mountain is seriously handicaped on the backside. The triple chair is the perfect place for the snowparks with a captive audience on a fixed grip lift, enjoying the show. Whoever decided to try putting rails over on Satisfaction is blowing the opportunity to have a real showplace. Satisfaction is in a real lost world part of the park. But perhaps it was the de-marketing department which seems to have it's hands on many of the projects these days. The 2 new sundecks must surely be under their control. —PhilDavis

2007-01-06 12:31:05   Phil, do you mean the two half complete sundecks? the ones that are closing off valuable picnic table space? —TonyZuccarino

2007-01-06 17:44:34   yea, there is one off the bar, where the radiant heat is apparently broken. there is a snow pack there with some tables randomly about with snow still on them and people actually sitting at them today. Apparently it is no body's job to try to shovel it out or at least wipe the snow off the tables. Then the new covered sun deck (I still don't understand how you can have a "covered" sun deck) But one look at that and you realize what a waste of space that is. you can't even sit at snow covered tables, on that side. It is unnecessarily crowded as a result of those two spaces not being used. But the fact that the Pooh Chair is still not running on the most crowded days, is somewhat troubling. —PhilDavis

2007-01-09 12:37:35   Phil, agreed. However, as long as the crowds are down, these issues aren't noticed, by me at least. It's only when the crowds amp up that these annoyances become glaring. —TonyZuccarino

2007-01-10 08:19:30   Tony, Both decks had snow removed yesterday and Pooh has had a swarm of Mechanics working at the top and bottom and on towers in between. So things are looking more tended to. My comment this morning is that ther is a huge temp inversion going on. The mountain is reporting 37 degrees (with the expected high to be 32 degrees) this wiki site is showing 30 degrees, and I have 20 degrees here in Old BV. No doubt that one of those 4 numbers is not correct, but we do get wierd temp inversions here. Up at the mountain all the cold air falls right to the river, while here in BV it settles in the meadow, hence the coldest temps are near the highway. I know Brad Parkinson often has temps 20 degrees higher than me in the morning. His house is the highest house in town, and often gets snow when we get rain, so during a storm he has colder temps, but during inversions in clear weather, he is warmer. Go figure! —PhilDavis

2007-01-14 02:10:21   any chance someone has a copy and could scan it in of the "ski bare" ad... a friend mentioned it and piqued this college student's curiousity. Thanks! —ThomasDakan

2007-01-14 11:27:58   Thomas - I do have a scan of the rare and infamous "Bear Valley Boys" poster, which advertises "Stewardesses Ski Free Midweek". I scanned it when Mark Phillips and I created the BV Winter Sports History dvd. I could post it here or send it along to you if you like. —BillDiehl

2007-01-14 17:08:45   Bill, you can surely post here as a file link... if you have any problems uploading the scanned file, then you can email and I will post it as well. —TonyZuccarino

2007-01-15 09:46:14   Thomas: The ski bare 'ad' is available poster size at BV SPort Shop in town... But I have at the Ebbetts Pass Historical Assoc MUSEUM in BV- an old brochure that has that same 'picture' on the front. It is our only copy, but perhaps can scan and email you from the museum But maybe you want the poster instead? museum: www.ebbettspasshistory.org —I am there most weekends, plus a day or two extra. —SusiLewis

2007-01-15 11:27:03   Hi Tony - I just tried to email the poster to tonyz@gmail.com, but it bounced. I sent Susi a copy westerday so if need be she could forward it to you. —BillDiehl

2007-01-15 14:34:16   Bill or Susi, pls send the file to tzucc at yahoo dot com ... thanks. I will post it here on the wiki. —TonyZuccarino

2007-01-21 15:00:00   I saw these two sites and thought they were pretty interesting: site 1 - High Res. Pictures from New Years Fireworks
site 2- Big Trees Market Ads
site 3- Plenty more things here
—CoreyFarwell

2007-01-21 17:41:40   Corey good call. thepinetree.net is a fine site. John and his wife work hard to be up to the minute, and they love BV and feature our stuff alot. I love they came to the Wintersports HIstory night....and plug our DVD we give away with membership. However guess folks can see it on local ch. 7 down the hill now. I think he would link to us if asked, and vice versa???? I wish I knew more already, and would be doing more current updates on my history site....but in due course..I will. —SusiLewis

2007-01-23 20:11:48   Just because I care, I am going to be arrogant, come from out of nowhere, and start fixing aspects of this wiki. —DavidPoole

2007-01-23 21:04:14   David Poole.....who art thou? where does thee come from? What needs fixing? I knew a Dave Poole once.............stood up for his wedding. NOt the same? just curious. —oh.... NOT what a wiki is for, I am sure. —SusiLewis

2007-01-24 02:08:14   All information, questions and requests would be best sent to my personal page on the wiki, I try to fix things like the front page (the columns were not appearing right for me) and perhaps to see if this site can be updated to the newer, better, faster, and shiner software (the biggest issue is to keep the weather ticker). —DavidPoole

Recent Pictures:

Bear Valley Winter Driveway...	Thanks to Susi Lewis for the pic.
Snowfall ain't all fun	Digging out from just a few hours of Feb 26 snowfall?
Old Sub Road	Old Sub Frontage Road... ready for sleddy? Thanks to Susi Lewis for the snap.
Old Sub Road	Old Sub Road... leading to Susi's place?
Old Sub Road	Last day of driving the car to the house for 2006 Winter
Alpine Lake	Memorial Day 2006... Alpine Lake warming up for summer action. Thanks to Susi Lewis for the snap.
Bear Valley Lake	Memorial Day 2006... BV Lake still semi-frozen.