how is the san bernadino-lake arrowhead commute? (San Bernardino: rentals, how much)

[ydfz]

hello friends ,

native texan here moving to the san bernadino area for 12 months for 9-5 work this august. i'm enamored with the idea of working and living in contrasting climes--specifically, i will be working in highland and want to live in crestline, running springs, or somewhere in between them off SR 18. (there also seems to be more options in furnished rentals in the mountains anyway, which i prefer as i am going short-term.)

in texas, i am used to hot, humid, and flat without a trace of snowfall. i have never driven in snow. i drive a small sedan. i saw in another thread that some locals get by with chains on a honda civic but are not commuting down the mountain every day.

i wanted to query the experts: do you think this would this be a feasible and/or tolerable daily commute? or, would it be too much of a pain to make living in the mountains worthwhile, even for such a short stay? also, can anybody vouch for the public transport (Mountain Transit) as a reliable alternative to driving?

also, i am having a hard time getting consistent snowfall estimates for the mountain towns. what's the drought forecast for this winter? how much shoveling can i expect to do?

thanks y'all

[Ulysses61]

I am the person to answer your question since I live in Lake Arrowhead (and have for 15 years) and commute every day to San Bernardino. It takes me 30-33 minutes.

Snowfall will vary. This year we had very little and shovelling was minimal. Plowing an be good or bad, depending upon the plow drivers and where in Arrowhead you live. In 2009 I was snowed in for 4 days due to three feet of snow and unplowed roads, but that is an anomaly.

Of course it's a totally feasible commute, there is very little traffic and the drive is pleasant. The fog is what you have to worry about, not the snow. There's no way of predicting whether the coming years will have epic snowfall or none.

Mountain Transit is fine for the mountains, it doesn't take you down the hill to SB. Any more questions, please just ask.