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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S premiere snowmobile rental destination. We are the 2nd largest rental operator on the west coast with over fifty snowmobiles in our fleet. Located just off HWY 4's picturesque scenic bi-way a couple hours from the San Francisco bay area, Bear Valley is a unique snowmobile only wintertime community offering the best family fun snow play. We have been servicing the Bear Valley community for over 45 years offering:

Come see us...we're located in the heart of Bear Valley - just inside the Lodge - and see why we love to live, work and play in this unique mountain community. Our friendly and experienced staff is committed to helping you with your snowmobile needs and creating YOUR Alpine experience!


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ESTABLISHED 1967

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About Bear Valley Snowmobile

Established in 1967, Bear Valley Snowmobile is the place to rent a snowmobile by the hour to enjoy the beautiful twenty-foot wide groomed trails of Northern California’s Stanislaus Forest. We offer not one but three trails to snowmobile in. Enjoy breath taking views of Lake Alpine, Cape Horn, Stanislaus Meadow Loop, Mosquito Lakes, Hermit Valley, Pacific Valley, Floger Peak, Hiram Peak, Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, Toiyabe National Forest, Mokelumne River, Mokelumne Wilderness, picturesque Spicer Reservoir, Utica Reservoir, Union Reservoir and many other points of interest. We are the only place in California where you can rent a snowmobile without a guide on a regular basis - self guided snowmobile rentals! Snwomobile rentals include 2 hour, 4 hour, 6 hour for the trails and 1 hour and snowmobile overnight use in the Bear Valley Village and subdivision - Bear Valley is THE place where you can rent a cabin, rent a snowmobile, ski down a mountain, snowshoe in the Sierras, sled in the snow, cross country ski in the snow, sled downhill, and just play in the snow all in one snowy vacation. We include helmets and a SnoPark pass - the parking pass that lets you park at California's snow parks, "SnoPark", with every Alpine and Spicer rental. We offer the best snowmobiling in northern California and snowmobiling in the Western United States.

We are located half way between South Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park at an elevation of 7000 feet. With the closest snow to the San Francisco Bay Area, folks can be skiing, cross country skiing, tubing, sledding and playing in the snow within a few hours. Along the drive up to Bear Valley you will pass Angels Camp, gold mining town made famous by Mark Twains “Jumping Frog” story, Big Trees National Park, and picturesque Arnold. There are lots of lodging options along Hwy 4, hotels in Angels Camp, lodges in Arnold, Bed and Breakfasts in the Sierras, time-share in Arnold just ask your local northern california vacation travel agent or give us a call and ask us for snow vacation ideas - the Sierra high country is our backyard!

After a day of cross country skiing at Bear Valley Cross Country Adventure Company, or skiing at Bear Valley Ski Resort, or snowshoeing, or just a bit of sledding you will find you may want to continue exploring our winter wonderland without a great deal of physical exertion. This is when a snowmobile with electric start, hand warmers and a comfortable seat work beautifully. Another advantage of motorized transportation over the snow is being able to share the snow with small children and disabled riders – snow family fun for everyone! It is important to bring your kids because we are family friendly snowmobile rental. Snowmobiling with kids is a wonderful way to share the outdoors with kids.

About Ski Doo

Bear Valley Snowmobile is an authorized Platinum Certified full service Ski-Doo dealership to handle all your snowmobiling sales and service needs. Our customers include the US Air Force Search and Rescue, Marine Corps Search and Rescue, Antarctica Research Groups, US Forest Service, Alpine Sheriff Office, Alpine County Search and Rescue and discriminating Bear Valley residents who live and play in our wintertime snowmobile only community. The Sierras is our backyard, that is why we offer the best snowmobile maintenance, snowmobile services, complete maintenance services, and discounted ski doo parts. We save our customers money because we do our snowmobile repairs by certified Ski Doo mechanics. Since we are the only our Ski Doo dealership on the West Coast located at 7000 feet we can test your used snowmobile out our back door to guarantee the repair worked the first time. Testing your used or damaged snowmobile after repairing snowmobiles is the key to our Ski Doo dealership.

Every year we offer the latest Ski-Doo model snowmobiles. Come see the best used snowmobiles and new snowmobiles on our show room floor as the snow falls outside our windows. We have cheap snowmobiles and high end expensive snowmobiles. One snowmobile does not fit everyone. We take the time to understand your snowmobiling needs and style and weather you snowmobile in powder, snowmobile on groomed trails, snowmobile to cabins, highmark snowmobile, boon dock snowmobile, race snowmobiles, prefer long tracks, short tracks, touring sleds, utility snowmobiles, expedition snowmobile, day trip snowmobiling, snowmobiling tours, cheap snowmobile, used snowmobiles, and just the best new snowmobiles. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., BRP, founded in 1942, manufactures Ski Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Rotax karts and engines, Can-Am ATV and Spyders, Evinrude and Johnson outboard engines.

Being the first to manufacture snowmobiles, BRP’s Ski Doo line is known for light weight to power ratios, excellent snowmobile fuel economy, the cleanest snowmobile emission standards in the industry and the most technically advanced snowmobiles offered on the market today. The Ski Doo product lines include MXZ, Renegade, Summit, GSX, Grand Touring, Expedition and Skandic model snowmobiles. We take pride in fitting our customers in the model snowmobile that best fits their ridding needs.

About Gearing for the Snow

At Bear Valley Snowmobile we offer not only the best snowmobile rentals, snowmobile sales, snowmobile service, used snowmobile sales but the best snowmobile clothing, snowmobile accessories, snowmobile boots, snowmobile apparel that keep you comfortable no matter how severe the weather conditions. Our Klim technical riding gear, with GORE-TEX, Thinsulate and Cordura materials gives you the dryest snowmobile clothes and warmest snowmobile clothes protection. Our favorite snowmobile Klim gear are the Valdez Parka, Freeride pants, F4 helmets, and Allure jackets. If you are not warm on the snowmobile trail you are not having fun. Having fun snowmobile is very important to Bear Valley Snowmobile and to Bear Valley customers, BVRI, BVM, BVCC, BVRE, Lake Alpine visitors, Spicer visitors, cabin rentals, women snow clothes, men snow clothes, residents and vacationers alike. Our shelves are full of the warmest gloves, scarves, mittens, balakavas, goggles, helmets, pants, jackets - everything you need to keep dry on the snowmobile trail. Lastly, we also sell Maui Jim sunglasses with their 9 layer technology which gives our snowmobile riders the best eye protection against the sun's rays.