Bear Valley, CA…We had the pleasure to spend a few minutes with New Bear Valley Mountain General Manager Andrea Young. Our local ski resort may be owned by a public company but management is now firmly in local hands. For new GM Andrea Young reaching the top spot at the resort reflects that Bear Valley has been part of her and her entire family’s life since the 1980s. Her three children have literally grown up on the slopes she now manages. Mountain Manager Chris Aguirre has been at Bear Valley for an incredible 37 years. Patrol & Resort Safety Director Mattly Trent and Snow Sports Director Aaron Johnson each have 21 years of Bear Valley experience.

Andrea Young Interview In HD

Snow Product Manager Tim Schimke & Terrain Park Manager Mike Schimke have been on Bear Valley’s slopes since they were in diapers. The brothers are part of the Schimke family that is woven into the founding fabric of Bear Valley and the Ebbetts Pass Corridor. Their knowledge of every trail, hill, stump and rock under the snow gives them the knowledge to provide the best product for the customers to slide and ride on.

They and many other team members have made Bear Valley not only a central part of their work lives but part of their family lives as well. Bear Valley has always been a great family resort and we expect that to be even more so in the future with management at almost every position that have raised or are raising their families on Bear Valley’s slope’s.

Bear Valley had some of the best skiing conditions on the West Coast last year. Not only was it the class of the Central Sierra region but it outpaced many of the Tahoe resorts with a commitment to snow making and snow management that allowed them to hold the last NASTAR race in nation last year even in drought conditions.