Big Bear, but no Big Bikes

We went to Big Bear last saturday for Denmother’s birthday ride, and the lift operators were giving just about everyone a hard time about their bikes. You see, Snow Summit does not allow downhill bikes on their ski lift. It all started with a lawsuit a few years back and it snowballed into a complete ban on downhill bikes and any bike that might look like a downhill bike. I was fine on my XC bike, but Jason brought the Uzzi and the lift operators gave him an earful about that. The ticket sale man was very nice, but those operators need to lighten up!