Fastest Route up to Big Bear, CA. 10 minutes from the bottom to top. Hwy 18 from Lucerne. 4/10/2023.
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- čas přidán 9. 04. 2023
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Nikk bro what amazing Easter I had nikk lost my grandma couple years ago 2 years ago bro yesterday me my family were eating dinner bro we had visit from wild animal bunny on Easter nikk was sitting across pool stareing once we finished eating Bunny hopped away bro it was my grandma saying Happy Easter bro made me cry bro
There is so much fun stuff to do all year round in this area! We are so blessed❤
@@albertescalante6877 I’m sorry for going through the really hard time I really am man. I just hope you’re doing well and I can’t believe it’s been that long. Already a couple years that’s a long time. Just keep hanging in there. You were obviously a great grandson to her.
@@-...Patricia...- pipin hey hey hey.
Agreed. It is such a great area and the summer I have a lot more planned out so I’m looking forward to it.
I hope you had a beautiful Easter, my friend
@@albertescalante6877 Sorry to hear about that Albert I lost my mom in 2019 and my grandmother in 2007.
So its true. You are out and about when its not snowing... even in the warm desert. You do a great job keeping us folks aware of what is going on up there.
Hey peetie I appreciate that if I didn’t have a regular job that I had to keep to support my family I’d be doing a lot more of this. I know it seems like I already do a lot. I really appreciate your support.
you golf and you love the outdoors?!?!?! ur my buddy fr
Haha Lorenzo, that’s my son’s name. Anyway bro. We are very much alike dude.
Happy Easter to you too from Alaska!!! The desert has a special beauty all it's own!!! You guys are amazing with your trips and views of beautiful scenery!!! Thank you and God's blessings 🤗❤✝️🙏🤟‼
Hi there Janice. Happy Easter to you as well my good friend always a pleasure to hear from you. And you are the amazing one with your beautiful comments and beautiful heart. Thank you as always, Janice.
Just now watching this video. I know I have said this before but these desert views are gorgeous and breathtaking. These videos are so nice that you upload , just has told me so much about the Big Bear area. Thank you so much for taking the time out to do these drives, awesome!!
Kristin wow. Thank you thank you thank you I love doing these videos for you guys. Thanks for the support and I hope you had a wonderful Easter. Always good to hear from you my friend.
Great views thanks, a few minutes by car but a little over 8.5 hrs by foot. And that's from the very bottom where you cut off.
And I know for a fact that you know this for a fact, lol I admire your journey up the mountain dude, that’s amazing
@@bigbearweatherandmore6621 the Mitsubishi plant u drove by used to be a Pfizer plant where my brother in law worked at.
@@wadeadams4263 how long ago was that Wade?
Ypu always look out for us.... God bless amd hope someone enjoys that AirBnB
Mario, I hope you and your family have a chance to win that Airbnb giveaway that’s gonna be awesome and it’s on Sheephorn in upper Moonridge area so it’s gonna be a really nice place for sure
Pretty drive. The cactus look healthy. What a difference 2 weeks make: Snow, slush and rain to dry and dusty.
Fetch. Sup mang. It really is a nice drive. I love it the longer I’ve lived here the more I’m enjoying the back route. I always loved the front side because of some of the much deeper views but I’m really enjoying this.
Nikk, sounds like all you need to do is get the rust off golfing. Very nice day. We’ve com up that way when I think we came from San Diego or Laughlin or Vegas. Have fun at your new hotel stay.
Thanks Craig we’re looking forward to apples for sure. It’s going to be fun. Hope you guys are doing great. Hope your Easter was wonderful my friend once again it was really nice to meet you the other day.
We have been driving this route since 1969. I have been clocking the drive that entire time. Yep 12 minutes from Cement Plant up to Baldwin Lake.
And it was just over 10 minutes for me today but remember I started about 45 seconds further up at the welcome to the San Bernardino National, Forest San and I was stuck behind cars that weren’t going nearly the speed limit, and I still made it in about 10 minutes. It was amazing.
Usually, I remember it takes me about 11 or 12 minutes to get up or down. Pretty cool
I love this way to get up there. ❤❤❤
Hi Yolanda, isn’t this a great way? It really is beautiful as well but my goodness sometimes I forget how quick you can get up to big bear taking that route.
Great video , you drive up to big Bear the same day I took my 18 years old son on his first drive up to big bear on the same road , he was so excited and was so nervous jajaj, thanks for sharing all this wonderful memories with us .
God bless you and your family.
Hey there, Manuel. I’m glad I can bring these memories into your life bro some of my favorite memories of the first times my mom and I came up to Lake arrowhead so trust me I know how you feel.
Happy belated Easter to you my friend. Wishing you always well
Great video! This is the way we go up the mountain from the high desert area. Thanks for sharing our beautiful desert with everyone!😊
Hey Connie. It’s my pleasure my friend and thank you for the very nice comment.
I hope you have a awesome weekend and if you guys don’t own a property up here I posted a video today we’re giving away $1000 vacation a three night stay at a nice Airbnb in Moonridge You should check the new video out if you’re interested it’s not gonna take much to qualify.
Great Information !
Thank you !
Wayne my friend. You are so very welcome and I hope you had a spectacular Easter with your family. Thank you for checking in my friend. I hope everything’s going well with you.
I love that drive too Nikk. The snow is definitely melting fast with those temps. Spring has sprung in Big Bear!👍😃
Hey cindy. Got up to 73 today up here. Amazing and was hot hot hot
Love riding bike on that road,,,gorgeous thanks
I'm just interested in your videos and your well being bro. You're such a good dude bro. I'm saving my money to visit Big Bear. My old stomping grounds.
Yes used 18 during snowmageddon and I was surprised how quick it was.
Literally 10 minutes dude and if I didn’t have those slow people in front of me, it would’ve been even faster that’s pretty remarkable I think
Happy belated Easter dude to you and your family. It’s good to hear from you.
Nice view bro keep on keeping on 😮
John thanks man. You too brother John. Wasn’t speeding and some think. Wasn’t even going to speed limit because the vehicles in front of me were going slower however, I probably would’ve been going faster because I wanted to see how fast I could get up.
Holy Masters aftermath...93 degrees? Too hot to wear a green jacket. Birdies and eagles beware, the feathers fly in golf season!
Hahaha you’re hilarious dude yeah and just imagine how hot is golf? Course gets in a few months oh my goodness.
93 ain't nothing it gets over 100 in summer time!
Cool,
Thanks Fred
Hope you had a great Easter as well Nikk
Hey time. Thanks my friend have a good rest of your week and enjoy the warm weather out there.
Takes more than 10 minutes, unless you are driving dangerously fast! Plus, you are driving up from pretty much nothing. Almost empty desert. If you count the time driving from Victorville or Hesperia, it's much longer. The road from Redlands is the prettiest way, and well worth the extra mountain miles. I recommend it for anyone heading up for the first time. IMO.
It’s very subjective my friend but thanks for your opinion and no I wasn’t going any faster than the speed limit. Can you see I was driving behind slow people complaining about slow drivers the whole time what video are you watching?
I do like front way much. But it’s personal preference. I’ve been driving that front way down to hell all the time. It’s nice driving to the desert
I love that scenery King Nikk.
Nikk apple valley is my stomping ground. Go this way every time I go to big bear. I HAVE NEVER MADE IT UPI THE MOUNTAIN THAT QUICK! Lol! You drive to fast! 😉
My friend won a dog I wasn’t even going to speed limit never exceed the speed limit at all. The cars in front of me were going to slow, and I still made it up in that amount of time so either people are driving in reverse, trying to get up there because it takes them so long but I don’t know why people think I’m going so fast lol.
nice video again
Please can you in this post write down the directions. I may be asking too much. Nice trip, great scenery.
I’ll tell you what I’ll give you the directions right here on the response if that’s OK?
If you’re coming from the San Bernardino side and Los Angeles side of the mountain range, you’re gonna want to get to the 15 freeway and take that towards Barstow You go through the Cajon Pass. Maybe about 10 miles once you’ve gone through the Cajon Pass, you’ll come up to a road called Bear Valley Rd. Take that exit and make a right hand turn. And take about 20 minutes to the very end and the very end you come to Highway 18 you’re gonna make a right hand turn on Highway 18 and from that point it’s only maybe another 15 minutes or 20 minutes until you get to the part of the road where Highway 18 makes a right hand turn you want to stay on Highway 18 towards Big Bear and you’ll be on your way. It’s super super simple.
Again, highway 15 exit Bear Valley Rd. make a right hand turn take Bear Valley Rd. all the way to the dead ends at Highway 18 take a right hand turn and stay on 18 and follow the signs because 18 makes a turn and you don’t want to miss that turn and you’ll get to Big Bear
Hi its me someone am back with a moon profile I finished all my homework for the week when you told me so that way I have nothing to do well now am in mexico where is around 80 degrees unlike long Beach so that was a change
I love the drive up from Apple/Johnson Valley.
Hope you are well my brother.
You too tango. Can’t wait for us to take this Harley ride man. A few more days I’ll be riding.
Hey going down to see my dad grew up around there looking for a spot to stay!
Got any videos of what the desert looked like during the snow storms some weeks ago?
Wow Rex. I wish I did. I wish I did. I asked a couple of the CZcams Friend to send me stuff. I did get a couple pictures of Redlands on the other side of the mountain with snow, but I didn’t get anything of the desert.
Happy Easter! Nikk!
Been there, drove this.
What's up nick! Are you glasses prescription? I like the frame. Happy Easter!!!
If you 3 putted a lot and shot what 89?...your hitting it good, just need to play more and the putting will get good again. I'm a 2 putt king.
Putting is half of the game and yes, I hit my fairways and greens in regulation pretty regularly but for some reason I just have always struggled on the greens and I had many second shots within 15 feet of the pin, and still three putted
Putting is half of par so for you to be able to live up to that you’re doing really damn good
What happened to the Holcomb creek video? I saw it the other day and wanted to see it but I haven’t had the time and now I can’t find it. I’m a FedEx driver up there and almost went down it on accident when I first started up there so I was curious on how the road was back there
What’s up there my friend? I’m gonna be making it public again soon, but I just had to make sure that I wasn’t gonna get in any trouble because there weren’t any signs saying the roads are closed but a couple of the people on the channel told me that they’re fining people $5000 for going up there.
So I just wanted to play it safe because unfortunately dude there’s haters out there who don’t like to see other people succeed at all and so they’ll try to report me and do whatever they can so I had to make the video private but next week I’ll be going even deeper because a friend of mine has his permit through the forestry service And he has the keys to all the gates so he’s gonna open up some of the gates for him myself and we’re gonna go where no one’s allowed to go and it’s gonna be pretty awesome 2N10 will be part of it
Yeah it’s best to play it safe. Cool I’ll have to keep an eye out for it when it’s public again. The other guy up there with me delivers to you all the time and he was asking if I saw it yet or not. Keep up the good work man 🤟🏽
@@NVSKATERD4L thanks dude. And I’m here to help bro. Just hit me up whenever you need bro.
You can get to route 138 which is the Pearblossom Hwy going west to go to Palmdale and Antelope Valley.
Have you ever taken the 247 through lucerne??
Hey, yes, as a matter fact, Andrew, one of my favorite restaurants in the area is down there called café 247. It’s sometimes a biker joint and they have live music. It’s really great.
Oh I feel sad for you, no more snow.
I’ve been watching your channel for quite some time my friend I have not heard from you. I’ve seen you drive to Fawnskin many times but never went by 1139 Canyon Rd.❤
just let me know when you plan on doing that. I appreciate it. ..
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And now I’m really gonna strive to get there. If you really don’t like please don’t watch. I don’t need the charity
@@bigbearweatherandmore6621 ok point taken ‼️💯
@@bigbearweatherandmore6621 so sad that you have to go to that level. I’ve offered to help you and your wife advise on purchasing a property in BB…After I’ve been supporting Subbing and👍🏼… in support.
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@@bigbearweatherandmore6621 ok if you are going to be so nasty after all the knowledge and help I’ve offered then ok❤️
@@bigbearweatherandmore6621 it’s ok I unsubscribed‼️
The cement plant to your starting point is a common place to stop and put on chains when required, right?
Conrad that is correct my friend, but believe it or not a lot of the storms they actually will have the checkpoint right below the switch back because a lot of the storms the snow doesn’t make it all the way down to the Mitsubishi plant but I’ve actually driven through a chain checkpoint, right where you’re suggesting it all depends on the snow level
Hey Nikkolas! what do you suggest is the safest route up to big bear during snow conditions?
My good friend Eddie sorry it took so long to get back to you these past couple days. I’ve been inundated with some seriously personal stuff and usually it takes me no time to get back to you so please forgive me.
OK so my mom is 81 years old and I worry dearly about her whenever she drives up here I always sent her on Highway 38 especially if it’s during the winter season it’s a little bit longer of a drive however there are nearly as many spots where you can fall off thousands of feet
Sometimes it’s a roll of the dice because Highway 38 gets you all the way up to 8443 feet at onyx Summit however, when you reach onyx Summit it’s in one of the least snowy parts of the mountain range but since you are at a very high elevation, sometimes they get hammered
But again, it’s got much straighter roads. Of course there’s plenty of turns, but not nearly as much as the other roads and it’s definitely longer but again this is what I send my 81-year-old mom when she wants to visit when I can’t pick her up in the winter time. So therefore, I would suggest Highway 38.
Now, if you’re lucky enough to live in the desert, then clearly Highway 18 coming up through Lucerne Valley would be your best route. That’s always gonna be the best route in terms of the ease of the drive, but not a lot of people are willing to drive through the Cajon pass, and all the way around the mountain range to get there.
Get back to me Eddie and let me know if this answered your question. Well enough I want you to be safe. I love you guys with all my heart you guys are very special to me.
I’ll be driving this for the first time ever for me in the next few days thanks for the tips. How much longer do you think the mountain will stay open for ski season?
Hey Jonathan, there’s only a few parts of that road which can be a little stressful but in these conditions you’ll be completely fine there’s a part of the road where there are three switchbacks in a row, but you should be able to get up there from the Mitsubishi plant at the bottom to the top within 10 minutes I’ve heard Bear Mountain is staying open a couple more days and I’ve heard snow summit is staying open till the end of the month but you might want to contact them just to double verify. Be safe dude.
Thanks man! I did the drive last Thursday and it was crazy on 18 there was so much fog I couldn’t see 10 feet in front of me. I think I was driving through the clouds. Then when I got to big bear lake it was nothing but blue sky’s and so beautiful. It was my first time up there and already can’t wait to go back. Even in the wet snow conditions on Bear mountain I had one of the best days ever. My day of playing hooky hehe (or however that’s spelled) peace dude!
@@jonnyv624
Jonathan, my brother, I am so happy to hear that. I am so happy to hear you had a wonderful time up here.
Then, my goodness it gets so foggy driving down. We are lucky where we are located because the marine layer never really gets to us.
I really hope you’re having a great day. It’s healthy to play hooky once in a while. I can tell just by your message that you are a responsible person and I’m just really happy you had a great time my brother Jonathan.
I hope you get back up here sooner than later
Is this the route that doesn’t have the steep drop offs - I can’t drive by steep drops - Crater Lake in Oregon was BRUTAL- that was my first experience with that fear - then Blue Ridge Mountain highway in North Carolina - just won’t do it again- do you know where Jackie & Shadow are in Big Bear Lake
Denise I know where those eagles are. Approximately they are in the Fawnskin part of town. I am very thankful. I pointed out in a lot of my videos when I’m driving by, but because I have so many videos, I would never ask you to try and find it.
And yes, this is the last and least windy road with the least amount of drop offs compared to the others.
If I didn’t answer your question properly, please get back to me Denise.
Denise. However going this route in most cases people have to drive around the mountain range to get to this road. It can add a couple hours to your trip.
Thank you I think it’s because I live at sea level west coast of Florida - will look for your other videos - very enjoyable- do you have any on Palm Springs
@@deniselanglois6193 I do not have any Palm Springs vids. It’s not far from me. I’m always worried to make content that is not Big Bear.
On my other channel called
Luxury Hotel and Resort Travel, I have a complete video of the JW Marriot Desert Springs Resort.
Other channel I haven’t made any videos in a few years.
@@deniselanglois6193 here is a link to that channel if you get bored.
The Marriot is one of Palm Springs most amazing huge beautiful high end resort. I did the whole tour. Hope you enjoy.
youtube.com/@luxuryhotelandresorttravel3784?si=b_nu3g7iVr5B840h
That link is to the channel. The video is there. That’s my only Palm Springs stuff
Don't they still have a course in B.B
Yes, but it’s completely under snow
@@bigbearweatherandmore6621 oh ya I kinda forgot about that . I used to play win I lived in O.C but it's been years ago.
@@wadeadams4263 golf and riding my Harley are my minds freedom
Should have txt me while down here would have bought ya a soda or something
Jrcop dude. Now I’m feeling like an idiot.
I hope you had a wonderful Easter bro. It’s really great to hear from you.
Put the beanie back on Nikk hahahahaha 😁 Snow is over 😪 I'm booking my flights now for the Air BnB lol Are you getting Big Bear Weather and More You Tube on your balls?
Can you get this route from Yucca Valley???
That’s a great question. Absolutely yes you can you just have to take highway 247 I believe until you get to Highway 18 but yes, this is the way way up to the mountains from Lucerne Valley Apple Valley, Yucca Valley and it’s technically the fastest way up.
Hi, how do you record driving footage without shaking? Thanks!
Hey Jada. That is a really good question so this might be a long answer. I hope that’s OK.
I’ve purchased and some of you guys have purchased for me some camera holders, but I usually use my iPhone to RECORD📹 because the picture is so much better unfortunately because the iPhones are a little bit heavy even if I spent a small fortune on a good cell phone holder for the car, it was never good enough to avoid severe shaking so this is not gonna sound good it’s really not gonna sound good at all but I actually hold the camera the whole time and my arm has become such a good gimbal lol overtime I’ve been doing this for almost 9 straight years, but as I said, I’ve tried every other method possible but I’ve become so accustomed to just holding the camera
Anyway, I really appreciate the question Jada and I hope you’re having a fantastic evening. Thank you very much for being here and I’m always here to answer questions and communicate with my friends.
@@bigbearweatherandmore6621 thank you so much for the thorough answer I really appreciate it!! Yeah I've also found holding the camera produces the best results so far too 😅
@@jadasakurawatches jada you are welcome. I thought you were going to be giving me some guff about holding my camera so I’m glad we are on the same page. Lol. But yes, it’s really strange how holding the camera I am able to keep it a lot more stable than you would think lol.
I hope you have a great rest of your evening
Do motorcycles go up that road?
Nikk, Do you know if the Sheephorn house is pet friendly?
Conrad, that’s a great question I’ll have all that information next time I speak to him and post a video. I’ll put it all in the description but I’ll talk about it doing the video as well. That’s a great question I didn’t even think about that for some stupid reason.
And actually now that I’m thinking about it, he told me and my wife, I believe that we could bring our dogs
YES, we are pet friendly :)
@@matsuswagga perfect dude. That’s what I thought. I thought you said we could bring our dogs but I wanted a total break lol
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Andrew, this isn’t the right video lol hope you’re having a good one bro I kept on saying in the video that I’m gonna be uploading a video of the Airbnb and that’s the video that people need to comment on
@bigbearweatherandmore6621 lol I know. Just wanted to be a smart butt.
Dude get a dash mount, stay off the mustard. That stretch of 18 is more dangerous than you think, I travel it with my kids. Love the channel, please don’t touch the yellow lines.
What do I look for on Instagram? I found you and followed but what video are you talking about?
I don’t have an instagram. Someone much have took it into they’re own hands and did it without my permission. Never been in instagram. Weird stuff. Thanks for telling me.
It has same name and icon.
@@jazzdeeva6615 yeah that’s crazy. I was thinking about it after you told me and I remember a couple years back somebody told me that they wanted to help me out but my goal was never to grow the channel and I told them I’m OK I appreciate it though and then they contacted me and told me that they created a page for me but I didn’t think they were serious and they must’ve been serious.
How many people are following the page lol
Kinda veer to the right...duh!
R u speeding
Looks like it but no. Through the camera somehow always looks like so much faster
What happened to your head?
It’s Resurrection Day🩸✝️❤️ Not Easter which is a PAGAN Holiday ‼️💯
Do Not be Deceived 🙏
Ok
Stop giving away secrets!