We did some improvised snow sledding at the Mt. Baldy last year and it was kind of fun.

This year, there was a LOT of snow, so we figured we might do snow tubing!

We started out at about 11.00 am, went to McD for some fuel and warmth that we would need and in an hour we were approaching Mt. Baldy. We didn’t see any snow on the way or on the road, but as soon as we got to Mt. Baldy town, there was snow everywhere.

Traffic was very heavy and we could hardly move; cars were parked on both sides of the road and in the divider on the road. Lots of families taking their picnic lunch, blankets and snow sleds and finding good spots to ice sled!

There were several signs that said that if you are going to park on the street, you need to get a permit from the CA park department.

We marched along and got to the Mt. Baldy chair lift place . And the people at the chair lift were also selling parking at the spot for $5.00.

We had taken 4-5 sleds with us so if we wanted to, we could have just parked there and gone sledding. But we felt little more adventurous and decided to go for Snow tubing.

One of my friend, K., had never been on the ski lift before but she was very brave and it didn’t phase her.

I like snow; when you look at all the white stuff all around you, it seems like you are in a dream.

When we got up there, it was COOOOOOLLLLLLLDDDDD. Much colder than we expected it to be. But there was plenty of snow around.

We quickly went in to the cafeteria and warmed ourselves up and then went down to the snow tubing place. They all gave us tickets that we were supposed to put on our jackets.

We did a few trips on the snow tubing and it was a great deal of fun. I think if it wasn’t that cold, and if the place wasn’t as crowded, we might have stayed there longer and enjoyed it a bit more.

We quickly went back to the cafeteria and got some hot chocolate. There is nothing more warming than a cup of hot chocolate when you are very very cold.

They also had a little stove in the cafeteria and my dad toasted the gloves and the hats on the stove and it felt so so good.

Then we went down on the ski lift and suddenly felt this white powder falling. For a moment we thought it was artificial snow, but it was actually real snow coming down…. Sitting on the ski lift, going down with snow falling was very dreamy.

Here are my suggestions; if there is a lot of snow, you can just go to the Mt. Baldy area, get a parking permit and park on the side and you will find a lot of good sledding areas all around. Or you can just go to the end and park at the Snow lift area at Mt. Baldy. Or you can go up and take the ski lift; and if you can carry a sled with you, you can have fun with that.

It was cold, but enjoyed ourselves; and then we even did a slumber party, where we played on the DS, the computer and had a Pizza Party!