Are you looking for a place to ski in Southern California? Come ski at Great Lakes!

[Horton]

Can't find good water and buoys in Southern California? Great Lakes is the solution. The lakes skis awesome, the air is clean and the scenery in Newberry unlike any other.

 

You can get one ride at a time or stay there and ski for days. Boats and drivers are included.

Check it out at http://www.skithegreat.com/

 

http://www.skithegreat.com/uploads/3/4/3/8/34380883/editor/img-3730.jpg?1484663728

 

[Dirt]

Great Lakes is one of the best sites I have ever skied. You will not be disappointed unless you go The Barn looking for a new girlfriend.

[Horton]

@Drirt what happens at The Barn stays at The Barn

[Horton]

@rico Coaching? You mean Rob? Stop! Be serious. He is drunk.

[Marco]

Great Lakes was my first experience with private water, and the experience was instrumental in motivating my friends and I to eventually build our own lake. Back in the late '90's, when the ski area in Telluride closed in early April, we would pack up the motor homes and head out to Great Lakes where we rented the 2nd lake for a week for a very reasonable rate. Even though the springtime wind could be howling, the water was always flat.

 

We did that for several years, got some informal coaching from Rob, and even brought in Big G (Gordon Epling) in to coach 1 year. Great memories!

[ColeGiacopuzzi]

Where I learned to ski! Amazing site, a lot of memories there!

[Horton]

@Colebrah we need to just go out there soon. You tell the boss you don't feel good and I will tell the wife it is business related. No one will miss us.

[SkiGreatLakes]

@Dirt @Rico @Marco @Colebrah @Horton Thanks for all the kind words! We're pumped to bringing skiing back to the SoCal desert and were this all started (Horton Lakes)!

 

@Horton If you guys come...you have to deal with Muhlitner!

[Dirt]

 

This is an old photo with the old boat. It gives you an idea of how nice this place is.

 

[6balls]

Geez lots of little man made ski lakes north and NE of Newberry on google earth.

[Horton]

Horton lakes x 2 (second lake is questionable at best)

Wet Set x 1

Great Lakes x 2

Silver Dunes x1

Sundown x 2

Cheyanne x 1

[cragginshred]

My site in Nor Cal is supposed to open march 1st and has sink holes in the levees among other weather related damages. Owners say be patient while we wait for delays -maybe a ski/climb road trip to So Cal? Wait they had worse flooding than us Fri, but likely no flooding in Bartow eh?

 

[Horton]

Newberry (Barstow) and Bako did not have any Lake damage because of flooding. I'm worried about my shorelines but whatever

[wtrskior]

Now considering a socal trip in April and being able to ski in the region has increased the likelihood immensely.

 

Anywhere we should look to stay within an hour or so? fun, cool, not LA...

 

Want to visit Joshua Tree park, and add some adventure to our trip. Hiking, mountain biking, etc.

 

Any other cool things to see and do in the general vicinity (within a few hours)?

 

Would probably take a few ski rides, go travel for a few days, come back to ski a few sets, travel a few days, ski a few sets...

[SkiGreatLakes]

@wtrskior There are the obvious places to go a couple hours away (SoCal Beaches, Vegas and Disneyland for a few). I'm not a mountain biker, however Big Bear (1 hour away) has many trails and bike rentals...www.bigbearmountainresort.com

 

Let us know if we can help you out.

 

Dean

[Horton]

 

[rodecon]

Great lakes is awesome! I had one of the best days of skiing in my life at Great Lakes thanks to an invite from a friend who was a member there. Great memories!

[cragginshred]

Just as much Vegas as So Cal tho right?

I used to climb a lot at a place called 'New Jack city' outside of Barstow

[Horton]

Halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

[Boat030]

Awesome place to ski!

[ALPJr]

Visiting family in Henderson NV next week. Would love to sneak away to Newberry Springs one morning but only have two days on the ground. Next trip I'll plan a day trip to the Great.

[ALPJr]

Will be in LV the next few days. Anyone know if rides are available at the Great? The website say password required.

[Fam-man]

@ALPJr or @Horton

Same question as above, going to be in Vegas next month and wondering if rides are still available at Ski The Great.

[Horton]

I do not know if they are still doing their thing out there. Shoot me an email and I will forward it to them.

[Stevie Boy]

@Horton their website is password protected

[Horton]

@Stevie Boy is too late in the day to give you a panda so let me just say "I can read"

[Stevie Boy]

@Horton I didn,t read the whole thread, you put a link out there saying check it out, trusting your judgement thought I would have a looky seeing that I visit California to see my daugther on a regular basis, I can read but when there is a link I tend to look at the info before reading further.

Probably would have been more useful if you could have confirmed what the status is out there seeing that you promoted it in the first place.

Yep I missed your last post, So if you think it,s worth a Panda, I,m past caring.

[RAWSki]

Wow looks amazing. Just two hours from Vegas, making that trip could save me hundreds of dollars at the BlackJack tables!

[Horton]

@Stevie Boy I was a bit humor impaired at midnight last night. Please excuse my grumpiness.

[Dirt]

@Stevie Boy if Great Lakes is closed checkout http://skiliquidzone.com/wp/

 

It is in the Sacramento Area with a two bedroom house you can rent or stay at the nearby casino or hotels.

[BraceMaker]

@Stevie Boy - to be fair he put that post out a year and a half ago - sometimes thread bumps can just be confusing.

[Stevie Boy]

Ok Guy's I have taken a chill pill, no offence meant to anybody, all good here hope it is the same with you Guy's

[vic]

Enjoyed skiing this place Jan /Mar 2018. The lake is beautiful and had a great time there.

[shansen345]

I have wanted to go there for a long time. Newberry Springs is a magical place.

[Edbrazil]

Quite an area, in the middle of the high desert. I was at Horton Lake in February 1974 doing some ski testing. During that time, I worked with Dr. Jack to convert his slalom course to metric dimensions. Probably one of the first sites to do the changeover. As the new anchors went in, starting from one end, the differences grew, until the metric course ended up a little over 5 feet shorter.

 

 

[lakeside7455]

I thought Great Lakes was a Michigan thing!

[vic]

I will try to go there next winter last winter lake closed for maintenance. This is a beautiful lake to ski on.