Mountain Emergency Updates
Patience – not chains – required last weekend
The traffic coming up and going off the mountain was very backed up and slow this last weekend, because of the closure of Highway 330. That closure forced all the snow seekers, skiers and snow boarders going to the ski resorts at Snow Valley and Big Bear to use...
Safely driving on snowy roadways
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Winter finally arrived in the form of several inches of snow last weekend. Late January through March have historically been the heavier snow months for these mountains, when the most and deepest snows occur. You need to be ready....
San Bernardino County Public Works is winter ready
In anticipation of the upcoming winter weather – which arrived last weekend – the San Bernardino County Department of Public Works is strategically positioning equipment throughout the county. The department’s fleet is fully equipped with chains. The department is...
Where is the snowplow?
The first thing to remember here on the mountain is which agency is responsible for clearing the snow from which roads. Caltrans is responsible for the numbered highways: 18, 138, 173, 189. The other roads are the responsibility of the county and its Public Works...
