Harvey Blood died in May, Lombardi ran cattle in the Bear Valley area for 70 years. William and Grace Orvis built a large log cabin and lived in Bear Valley during summer months while their cattle grazed on the lush meadow, an activity that occurs still today.
The holdings were logged out in the late s not only to produce revenue but also to protect the area from fire danger and open the tree stands for increased grass production. The first development occurred in when the Orvis family subdivided 20 acres on the north side of Highway 4 into 60 lots with roads and water supply. Bruce Orvis Sr. In he acquired acres of Forest Service land to the north of the Orvis property through a land exchange. He then put together a ski area package for Mt.
Reba under Forest Service permit and promoted a new highway from Camp Connell to the ski area. After years of convincing, road construction began on Highway 4 to access Bear Valley the same year. At the time, Lodges, condominiums, parking areas, tennis courts and air strip, sewer system and water system, etc.
Reba Ski Bowl complex. The area opened its lifts to winter visitors in the winter of By January , there were winter-summer homes in the subdivision and several thousand skiers visited on weekends. Virgin land was transformed into a winter playground in a way that preserved the natural beauty of the Sierra and answered the growing demand for recreation areas. Orvis and a score of individuals spent several years cooperating with U.
Reba Ski Bowl. The Bear Valley Village design placed a network of roads and future home sites in a way that retained the natural landscape and conserved the towering pines. Reba Ski Bowl, offering three lifts and a 25, square foot main lodge for skiers its first season. Bear, Cub and Grizzly Chairs were in operation gave access to a wide variety of terrain during Mt.
Maury Rasmussen was appointed general manager of Mt. Reba Inc. Koala Chair was added in , Super Cub Chair in , Kodiak Chair in and then Hibernation Chair in , opening an additional acres of terrain on the west side of the mountain, today is referred to as the Backside. In , two triple chairs, Kuma and Pooh, were added to service the growing demand and spark consumer interest. The lodge at Bear Valley Ski Area. A group of impassioned skiers are forming a cooperative to buy this mountain.
Mad River Glen is the only other resort in the country currently owned by a co-op, which has proven a successful model. After putting its first big condo development on the market in right before the market crashed, plans stalled. Over the next four years they got approval to put in a new Bear Valley Lodge, but have now decided to sell.
After a potential sale fell through last fall, Troyer met with the community about creating the co-op alternative. We want to develop a legacy. His first purchase was in , when the father of four fell in love with the area and bought a mountain home. Next, in he and his partners Hallgrimson and Dan Breeding acquired the meadow on the south side of Highway 4 where cross-country skiers cavort in the winter and cattle graze in the summer.
By , they had purchased the struggling acre Bear Valley Village that had closed down that year. In , they bought half interest in the water company. Mark Phillips, now general manager of Bear Valley Lodge, who arrived at Bear Valley in for a season and never left, calls the new ownership perfectly suited to building the dream. And the land and development experience come from Toeniskoetter and his long-time associates, Hallgrimson and Breeding.
The new owners would like to see Bear Valley return to its former glory. National Ski Championships, the resort counted , skier days in one season. Last year, it had dropped to , skier days.
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