Big Bear Beerfest!

Why is it that a trip to the mountains just doesn’t feel right without beer? We don’t really need an answer … we just know that Big Bear is hosting its annual Oktoberfest on weekends throughout October, so you get to combine an authentic German experience with outdoor adventures that are pure California. Oh yeah, we’ll drink (beer) to that. Prost!

Week: 10.06.2016
Regions: Southern CA

Nobody's Beer!

Hike at Big Bear Lake

Isn’t it great when popular ski mountains are free of crowds? It actually happens! All you have to do is go before it snows. Big Bear’s Snow Summit is still open to hikers, so before the Oktoberfest beers, get in a solid, and solitary, 6-mile loop hike with marquee views and fall
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Camp Right Beer!

Camp at Pineknot Campground at Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino National Forest

Camping + beer = better together! Pineknot Campground at Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino National Forest closes for the season at the end of this month, so make haste and pitch your tent here in time to pair your camping dues with some Oktoberfest brews. Canopied by pines, fi
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Oktoberfest in Big Bear Lake California

First comes hiking, then comes beer! Good news, the hiking leads to the beer at Big Bear Lake, where its annual Oktoberfest stays open until midnight on Saturdays and until 5:30 p.m. on Sundays. Begin a 3-mile hike from either Pineknot Campground (or the Snow Summit parking lot;
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