Big Bear Road Conditions: Chain Controls and Live Cameras
Caltrans chain controls on Highways 18, 330 and 38 into Big Bear Lake, with a live camera on Rim of the World Highway and cameras on the freeway approaches in Highland, San Bernardino and Redlands. 9 of 9 cameras showed a live picture in the last 24 hours.
Verified · 39m updates ~every 3 min 8 more cameras below, road by road ↓
Chain controls right now
- Highway 330 from Highland No chain controls are in effect at this time. Nov 4, 12:39 PM PST
- Highway 18 from San Bernardino No chain controls are in effect at this time. Nov 4, 12:39 PM PST
- Highway 38 from Redlands No chain controls are in effect at this time. Nov 4, 12:39 PM PST
- Highway 18 from Lucerne Valley No chain controls are in effect at this time. Nov 4, 12:39 PM PST
- Around the lake No chain controls are in effect at this time. Nov 4, 12:39 PM PST
Highway 330 from Highland, the busiest route up
- Chain controls · 4 locationsNo chain controls are in effect at this time.
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Highway 18 Rim of the World from San Bernardino and Crestline
- Chain controls · 19 locationsNo chain controls are in effect at this time.
4 reported events on this route (all roadwork)
- Roadwork: Lane for pavement repair on SR-18 (southbound) near San Bernardino. Lanes closed: 1.
- Roadwork: One-Way Traffic for striping operation on SR-18 (southbound) near Running Springs. Lanes closed: 1.
- Roadwork: One-Way Traffic for drainage work on SR-18 (both directions) near Running Springs. Lanes closed: 2. Estimated delay 15 minutes.
- Roadwork: Lane for utility work on SR-18 (southbound) near Green Valley Lake. Lanes closed: RShoulder, 2. Estimated delay 5 minutes.
- Reported by Caltrans. Reports refresh about every 10 minutes.
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Highway 38 from Redlands and Mentone
- Chain controls · 12 locationsNo chain controls are in effect at this time.
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Highway 18 from Lucerne Valley
- Chain controls · 5 locationsNo chain controls are in effect at this time.
1 reported event on this route (1 roadwork)
- Roadwork: One-Way Traffic for drainage cleaning on SR-18 (southbound) near Big Bear City. Lanes closed: 1. Estimated delay 10 minutes.
- Reported by Caltrans. Reports refresh about every 10 minutes.
No camera on this road.
Around the lake: Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City
- Chain controls · 11 locationsNo chain controls are in effect at this time.
No camera on this road.