Santas hit the slopes at Mountain High — for charity
By Orange County on December 17, 2023
Pops of red against the snowy slopes, that was the scene Sunday, Dec. 17 at Mountain High near Wrightwood.
Mountain High Resorts in the San Gabriel Mountains hosted Santa Sunday for the ninth year. Skiers who showed up wearing a “Santa suit, complete with red hat, beard, coat, belt, and pants” and donated $50 to Christmas Cheer All Year received a lift ticket, according to the resort’s website. Those lift tickets regularly cost $139.
Skiers and snowboarders at Mountain High in the San Gabriel Mountains near Wrightwood ride up the chair lift on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, wearing their Santa suits. Participants in the Santa Sunday event received a lift ticket after making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders at Mountain High donned Santa suits on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, for the annual Santa Sunday event. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders donned Santa suits on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, for Santa Sunday. Participants in the event, held each year at Mountain High near Wrightwood, received a lift ticket after making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
A snowboarding Santa carves down the run on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at Mountain High near Wrightwood during the Santa Sunday fundraiser for Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders at Mountain High near Wrightwood donned Santa suits and other festive attire on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, for Santa Sunday. Participants who dressed as Santa received a lift ticket after making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders at Mountain High near Wrightwood on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, donned Santa suits and other festive attire for the Santa Sunday event. Participants received a lift ticket after making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders ride the chair lift in their Santa suits on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, for the Santa Sunday event held each year at Mountain High in the San Gabriel Mountains near Wrightwood. Participants received a lift ticket after making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders at Mountain High near Wrightwood embraced the holiday spirit on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023 during the annual Santa Sunday event. Participants dressed as Santa received a lift ticket after making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
A participant in the Santa Sunday event at Mountain High on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, rides his ski bike. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders ride the chair lift in their Santa suits on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, for the annual Santa Sunday at Mountain High near Wrightwood. Participants who dressed the part got a lift ticket after making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders donned Santa suits on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at Mountain High near Wrightwood for the annual Santa Sunday fundraiser for Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Skiers and snowboarders at Mountain High near Wrightwood embraced the holiday spirit on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023 during the annual Santa Sunday event. Participants dressed as Santa received a lift ticket upon making a $50 donation to Christmas Cheer All Year. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Christmas Cheer All Year was looking to break the U.S. record for most Santas on skis or snowboards and needed more than 850 costumed participants, the group’s website says.
The nonprofit organization aims to take “the joy of the Christmas season” and reach “people in need all year long,” according to its website.
Mountain High has a variety of lifts and trails, along with a winter sports school and three snow parks for kids to play, the website says. Night skiing and snowboarding are also available.
For more information about Mountain High, visit www.mthigh.com
For more information about Christmas Cheer All Year, visit cheerallyear.net
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