March 2022 Big Bear Today Magazine

Page 12—March 2022
New coaster, old favorites at Slide
New coaster that’s the only one of its
kind in California. Longtime favorite Alpine
Slide and high-flying Soaring Eagle.
Plus family-favorite snow play area.
There’s a plethora of ways to play at
Alpine Slide, which in the past couple
years has introduced one-of-a-kind rides
to go along with longtime favorites. The
hard part is choosing which to explore first!
Mineshaft Coaster is the attraction
everyone is talking about after opening in
2020. No wonder: riders on carts they control
encounter three complete 360° corkscrew
turns, steep descents, two 100-foot
tunnels, dips and drops galore, all during a
mile-long gravity-fueled adventure that can
Take flight on the Soaring Eagle
Bear Valley Center for
Spiritual Enrichment
579 Knickerbocker Rd., Big Bear Lake
(Bridges Presbyterian Fellowship)
Sundays 11:45 a.m.
(909) 866-8081
Bear Valley Church
Big Bear
41960 Big Bear Blvd.,Big Bear Lake
Sundays 10 a.m.
(909) 866-3951
www.BVCBigbear.org\
Believers Chapel
42180 Moonridge Rd., Big Bear Lake
Sundays 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
(909) 866-2552
Foursquare Church
at Big Bear Airport
501 Valley Blvd., Big Bear City
Saturday Worship 6:30 p.m.
Sundays 10 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
(909) 856-6259
www.bigbearfoursquare.com
Bridges Presbyterian
Fellowship
579 Knickerbocker Rd.
reach speeds of up to 27 mph at multiple
points during the ride.
Two up tracks on a motorized
bullwheel pulley system provide the uphill
lift, including a long one out of a cool new
start house built at the bottom. The real fun
is on two downhill tracks, as carts cross
three 200-foot bridges, shoot through S-
turns and catch a few whoop-di-doos. It’s
a roughly nine minute ride, faster drivers
can get closer to seven minutes..
Guests are secured by multipoint
safety belts at the start house. Rider in back
controls the cart’s braking mechanism and
is required to keep at least 80 feet from the
sled in front. But Mineshaft Coaster
features “Smart Cart” technology with a
computer controlled, fail-safe magnetic
braking system that gently applies brakes
if a cart approaches too close to another.
Each cart features specially designed,
lockable seat belts and shoulder restraints
to assure rider comfort at all times. Plus
carts have energy absorbing front and rear
buffers. Mineshaft Coaster tickets are $20
per person, children $10. The ride is open
seven days a week, all year long.
Inner Tubing is another family
favorte at Alpine Slde. The area’s ski resort
quality Lenko snowguns blanket the slopes
with tons of beautiful snow to ensure great
conditions even when it hasn’t snowed in
weeks. There’s an enclosed 210-foot long
Magic Carpet uphill lift to take guests and
their tubes to the top of all the snow—just
step on and step off!
Church Directory
Big Bear Lake
Sundays 10 a.m.
(909) 866-5683
www.bigbearpresbyterian.org
Calvary Chapel Big Bear
1001 Holden Ave. Big Bear City
Sundays 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
(909) 866-9328
Christian Faith Center
39853 Crocus Dr. Big Bear Lake
Sundays 10 a.m., also on
Facebook Live
(909) 273-9234
www.cfcbigbear.com
Church of Christ
41035 Big Bear Blvd., Big Bear Lake
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
(909) 866-2828
Community Church
Big Bear
40946 Big Bear Blvd., Big Bear Lake
Sunday Worship 8:45, 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday Dinner/Study 6 p.m.
(909) 866-7523
First Church of Christ
Scientist
550 Squirrel Ln., Big Bear Lake
Sunday Services/School 10 a.m.
www.cschurchbigbearlake.org
Seventh Day
Adventist Church
349 E. North Shore Dr.,
Big Bear City
Saturday Worship 11 a.m.,
lunch follows
(909) 585-2275
www.BigBearSeventhDayAdventisChurch.org
Sheperd in the Pines
Lutheran Church
42450 North Shore. Dr., Big Bear
Lake
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
(909) 547-0934
www.SITPBigbear.org
Spirit of Peace
Lutheran Church
42324 North Shore Dr.
Big Bear City
(St. Columbas Episcopal Church)
Sunday Service 10 a.m.
(909) 866-7239
Big Bear Today
A mile of drops, dips and turns await riders on Mineshaft Coaster
Tubing under the stars was introduced
at Alpine Slide years ago and has become
wildly popular. Guests love sliding on
snow that gets another fresh groom after
the day session. There’s new glow lighting
and the snow gets faster and faster as
the evening progresses.
Tubing is daily from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
with night sessions Fridays, Saturdays and
holidays 5-9 p.m., including expanded
Spring Break schedule. Sessions are $40,
$25 small child, and include tube rental.
Soaring Eagle is a zipline-like experience
with a couple notable differences.
Riders sit instead of lie down and ride up
to the top tower backwards. Plus guests
don’t have to apply any brake or use any
skill set, since it’s an amusement park ride
rather than zipline, so they’re just along
for the ride. Between the two towers riders
soar 500 feet—close to two football
fields!—and reach speeds up to 26 mph,
with a vertical drop of about 125 feet.
It’s the first ride of its kind in California
with the nearest other one atop the Rio
Hotel in Las Vegas. Soaring Eagle costs
$12 per rider.
Unleash your inner Olympian while
navigating sleds you control down two
quarter-mile long cement tracks on the famous
Alpine Slide, only one west of Utah..
The sleds sport ball-bearing wheels and
teflon runners so snow and ice aren’t necessary,
but otherwise the ride is the same
as drivers whip through turns and down
long straightaways.
Each sled carries one or two guests—
typically parent with a young child. Alpine
Slide is an experience that’s different
every time down, since riders control their
own speed. Bobsled rides cost $9 each, $40
for five-ride book.
Alpine Slide is at 800 Wildrose Ln.
Call (909) 866-4626, open daily.
St. Columba’s
Episcopal Church
42324 North Shore Dr.,
Big Bear City
Sunday Services/Communion
10 a.m.
(909) 866-7239 * (951) 809-5232
www.stcolumbas.bigbear.com
St. Joseph’s Catholic
Community Church
42242 North Shore Dr., Big Bear
Lake
Monday-Friday Mass 8 a.m.
Saturday Reconciliation 4 p.m.,
Mass 5:30
Sunday Mass 8 and 11 a.m.,
Spanish 1 p.m.
(909) 866-3030
Summit Christian
Fellowship
41965 Garstin Dr., Big Bear Lake
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
(909) 878-HOPE (4673)
SummitChristianFellowship.com
The Journey Church
800 Greenspot (Hwy. 38)
Big Bear City
Sunday Service 9:30 a.m.
(909) 585-4428
TheJourneyChurchBigBear.com