Jan. 2025 News: Survey, CalFire Update, Health and Safety

Hello, Bear Valley Community!

Last year the Sheriff had just closed the roads around this time: this year, we’re walking, skiing, and snowmobiling on what feels like an increasingly thin, icy layer of old snow.

From the Sept 2024 Cub Reporter: Fire Rules Getting Tougher

Reprinted with permission from Bear Valley’s Cub Reporter monthly newspaper. Opinions expressed here are the editor’s, not an official statement from BVRI.

The BVRI Users’ Guide to Enjoying Bear Lake 

Bruce Orvis, the founder of Bear Valley, called Bear Lake the jewel of our community. 

It was created in 1965 on a site that had a lake 10 million years ago.

Please Support the Bear Valley Post Office with a Donation!

Do you have a post office box in Bear Valley? Do you have Amazon, FedEx, or other packages sent to the Bear Valley post office or to the Real Estate Office?

FAQs: The Emergency Communication System for Bear Valley

This document was created by the Alpine County CSA. BVRI has created a page for it as a community service.

Tim Cohee Lays Out His Vision for Bear Valley

Many thanks to Tim Cohee of California Mountain Resort Company (one of Bear Valley Resort and Lodge’s new owners; read the Cub Reporter interview) and to the 60+ community members who joined BVRI’s Zoom meeting on Sunday, Dec.

SOLD! Cub Reporter Interview with Karl Kapuscinski and Tim Cohee, California Mountain Resort Company

“It’s not a complicated industry if everybody is dedicated. We’re not magicians, but we know how to run ski resorts.”

The Fifth Age: A Brief History of Bear Valley’s Owners, from the Cub Reporter

This November 2023 Dept. of Mountainuity essay is reprinted with permission from The Cub Reporter, the monthly newspaper for Bear Valley.

Fire Evacuation Guide – Get prepared

This Fire Evacuation List was just sent out by the BV Sheriff’s Office.  A very useful list.

Snow shovelers/and or handy people

PRICES AND INFORMATION ARE NOT CURRENT .

Ashlee Coder- 209-509-7503— Shoveling: * $50 job minimum * $50/hr for 1 person * $45/hr for 2 person team

Grocery Shopping * $80 for shopping service – brought to BV (not including price of groceries) * $40 for at home delivery *contact for details House Cleaning: * $35/hour Concierge Jobs: * starting at $50 Trash Runs: * $25

510-409-3030 Michelle Barnett