Snow Summit's 62nd annual New Year's Eve celebration runs from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Thursday, December 31, 2026. More than 200 skilled skiers and snowboarders will descend the mountain with torches before a grand snowball drop, while the base-area program includes a concert, live entertainment, food and drinks, and family activities. Admission to the parade viewing area is free and open to the public, with no advance registration or event waiver required. The public page does not offer registration for the torch-bearing descent, so it should be treated as an organizer-selected performance rather than an open participation opportunity. Snow Summit will operate for daytime skiing and snowboarding from 8:30 AM and closes on-snow operations at 8:00 PM to prepare for the parade; lift access is a separate paid product and is not required for the free viewing area. Snow Summit is Southern California's major lift-served mountain venue roughly 100 miles from central Los Angeles, making this annual alpine spectacle regionally relevant where no urban equivalent exists.

Snow Summit's New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade and Party - prior-event recap

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Free parade-area viewing and the base celebration are open to the public and all ages. No residency, membership, qualification, skill, invitation, or waiver requirement applies to spectators. The current organizer page describes the descending group as more than 200 skilled skiers and snowboarders but publishes no public athlete-registration, selection, alternate, or day-of-entry process.

This is a non-competitive parade, concert, and community celebration, so no placements, scores, or results are expected. No 2026 livestream, replay, participant roster, or performance order is published.

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