I went skiing on Big Bear back in 1967. I had learned to ski behind a 14’ aluminum boat with a 25hp Johnson outboard. The boat at Big Bear had a 455 Olds inboard, complete with headers and velocity stacks.
Nearly yanked my arms out!
Oh yeah, the other thing,....the hugh(FR spelling)snow flakes during the storms...something even a mid-westerner like myself could appreciate.
Like many areas in So. Cal., I wonder how much it's changed over the years, since I lived there anyway(80's).
In other words, I lived there during the tail-end of Reagan's California...last time I was there(2-3 years back)it looked more like Pancho Villa's(Pelosi's)California.