Socalmountains.com Goldmine Mountain (Big Bear) Cam

From Goldmine Peak, high in the San Bernardino Mountains at 8,650 feet, this camera looks out across a changing mountain world. The view is not fixed. Every couple of minutes it shifts, bringing another look at ridges, forest, and the far country beyond, including the Big Bear high country that gives the camera its name.

At this elevation the weather is part of the show. A clear morning can run for miles. Clouds can fill a canyon and empty it again. Winter often means snow on the peaks and a sharper, quieter landscape; summer brings longer light and a deeper green in the forest. Because the camera also helps provide views of major incidents within its coverage area, it is more than a pretty lookout. It is a practical eye on a big, rugged stretch of Southern California mountains.

Leave the stream running and the rotation of views becomes a slow tour, the kind of mountain watching that is hard to do in person without a long drive and a little luck with the skies.

The stream is provided by Socalmountains. Come back when a storm is moving in, or when the air is newly clear, and Goldmine Peak will have a different story to tell.