Ring in the Holidays and New Year with a Ride Down the Slopes Carrying your battery operated torchlight. Better yet, watch it from baseline. Nice! Get ready to ski down the slopes with your own light, or watch this amazing sight that bathes the mountains in red appearing like lava flow of fire on ice, it's an awesome sight!

California Mountains  Torchlight Parades

BIG BEAR LAKE - Dec. 31 New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade at Snow Summit Ski Resort in Big Bear Lake. Snow torchlight parade at 7 p.m. followed by Summit's New Year Eve Party starting at 8 p.m. bigbear.com

OLYMPIC VALLEY:  Torchlight Parade at New Years Eve at Palisades Tahoe December 31, 2025,  5 p.m. Fireworks at 7 p.m. palisadestahoe.com
Location: Gold Coast, Mountain Run
Come ring in the new year in style at Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley ) Alpine Meadows employees ski down the hill for the annual Torchlight Parade, Fireworks, live music, the East Coast Ball Drop, and more!
December 31, 2025 at 5 p.m.  First group goes. You can select a start time at checkout
Where: Exhibition chairlift
Who: Registrants ages 5 and up, torchlights handed out at the lift

 KIRKWOOD: FIREWORKS & TORCHLIGHT PARADE  December 31, 2025, 5 p.m.
 

Kirkwood Mountain Resort
1501 Kirkwood Meadows Dr
Kirkwood, California
kirkwood.com
Ring in the new year with Kirkwood's on-mountain celebration with the best ridgeline as a backdrop!

 -Bonfire in the Village 5-7 p.m.
 -Torchlight participants meet at Chair 5:15 p.m.
-Torchlight Parade 5:45 p.m.
-Fireworks: following the Parade

MAMMOTH LAKES Night of Lights with torchlight parade December 13, 2025, 5-10 p.m.  mammothmountain.com
Celebrate the magic of the holiday season with a one-of-a-kind evening at Canyon Lodge. Night of Lights is a fun-filled event for all ages with live music, a firework show, torchlight parade, kids activities and snowmobiles rides.

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