If you’re planning a trip to Bakersfield or have recently relocated to the area and are interested in hitting the slopes this winter, you can bet that California has a lot to offer.Following are a few of the larger and most noteworthy for you to consider:

Alpine Meadows has a top elevation of 8637 feet, a vertical drop of 1802 feet, a skiable terrain of 2400 acres and 14 total lifts. The longest run is 3.0 miles, and average snow fall is 365 inches.Bear Mountain has a top elevation of 8805 feet, a vertical drop of 1700 feet, a skiable terrain of 750 acres and 12 total lifts. The longest run is 0.7 miles, and average snow fall is 100 inches.Bear Valley has a top elevation of 8500 feet, a vertical drop of 1900 feet, a skiable terrain of 1280 acres and nine total lifts. The longest run is 1.2 miles, and average snow fall is 360 inches.Boreal has a top elevation of 7700 feet, a bottom elevation of 7200 feet, a skiable terrain of 380 acres and Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend in Bakersfield (which you should be doing since Sunday is expected to reach only 78 degrees), we’re thinking maybe you should head on over to the Chamber Haunted House at Sam Lynn Ballpark (4009 Chester Avenue) for some spooky good fun. Back for its seventh year of Halloween festivity, this most horrifying tradition has two themes working side-by-side to send chills up your spine The Westchester House and Toxic Terror. Don’t miss this nationally acclaimed annual production since it features some of the best makeup in the movie industry as well as incredible sound and lighting design and would you expect anything less from a great town that’s located so near Hollywood (which has its own style of ghoulishly good fun regardless of the time of the year)?