Also you can’t even put Big Bear and Tahoe in the same sentence. Big Bear not only does not have great skiing, but to me it just has a low end dumpy kind of “tweaker” feel to it. I would only go there b/c it’s close, not for any other reason. I would also take North Tahoe over South Tahoe any day, South Tahoe is the “low end” part of the Tahoe area. Of course prices in North Tahoe are much higher. The Tahoe area for me has just become too touristy in general and get’s hammered too hard with people b/c it’s so close to the the SF Bay and Sac. Both summers and winters. I would take Telluride CO and Crested Butte CO over Tahoe any day. Much more rustic beautiful ski towns not as crushed by tourists. And both are awesome in summers too.
