Big Bear Mountain Resort
Blake Taylor is an experienced culinary and hospitality professional with a diverse background in cooking and food service. Currently serving as Lead Lift Operator at Big Bear Mountain Resort since November 2020, responsibilities include ensuring guest safety and assisting with on-site concerns during both winter ski season and summer downhill mountain biking. Blake has been a Cook with Culinary Staffing Service since January 2018, catering high-volume and fine dining events in Los Angeles. Previous culinary roles include cooking for marginalized students at Vista del Mar Child and Family Services and working with renowned chefs at Meraki. A graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Anthropology, Blake also has experience in tutoring, volunteering with orphans in Mexico, and providing musical accompaniment for dance performances.
Big Bear Mountain Resort
Big Bear Mountain Resort offers guests a unique opportunity to experience two distinct winter venues, each with its own personality and attributes, for the price of one. A single lift ticket provides access to both Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, which are located just two miles apart, and connected via a free inter-resort express shuttle service. Each property offers a variety of diverse terrain, providing skiers and snowboarders with a combined 438 developed acres, 26 lifts (including 4 high-speed detachable quads), and more than 55 runs. Snow Summit offers a traditional alpine atmosphere with a great deal of intermediate terrain and mainstream cruising for skiers and snowboarders, while Bear Mountain offers a youthful environment that attracts skiers and snowboarders from around the world with their innovative and groundbreaking terrain park setups. During the summer months, Big Bear Mountain Resort operates the Bear Mountain Golf Course and the Snow Summit Scenic Sky Chair, which provides access to SoCal’s best lift-served bike park, 60+ miles of cross-country single track biking trails, countless hiking trails, and the most scenic BBQ in the Big Bear Valley.