Alpine Zoo Wild Lights

Name: Visit Big Bear Alpine Zoo Wild Lights 2026
Start: 2023-10-01T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-10-01T16:59:59-07:00
Location: Alpine Zoo

Alpine Zoo Wild Lights — Where Wilderness Meets Wonder

A journey through light, story, and wildlife beneath two million sparkling lights.

Choose Your Night November 13, 2026 – January 3, 2027

DatesNovember 13, 2026 – January 3, 2027

LocationBig Bear Alpine Zoo42801 Moonridge Road, Big Bear Lake, California

Admission$20 per ticketChildren under 5 and Alpine Zoo members enter free.

A new alpine tradition

Two million lights. One wild night.

Stroll through a glowing forest filled with twinkling trees, shimmering snowmen, glittering ornaments, and radiant archways of color.

Presented by Visit Big Bear, benefiting Care for Big Bear and the Big Bear Alpine Zoo.

Family posing inside the illuminated golden bear display at Alpine Zoo Wild Lights — Where wilderness meets wonder

Family enjoying illuminated holiday displays at Wild Lights — Color around every corner

Children looking at glowing animal displays — Wonder for every age

Follow the lights

Four immersive zones

Each stop celebrates wildlife, community, and the mountain's shared spirit.

The Great Pine & Wilderness Gateway

Begin beneath a 100-foot pine shimmering in colored lights, then pass through the glowing gateway to meet the animals and the Golden Teddy Bear.

Village of Light

Follow Dickensian street lamps to a community plaza filled with presents, walk-through ornaments, holiday trees, and Moonridge Coffee Cafe.

North Pole Path

Discover a 20-foot ornament, colossal gift boxes, glowing snowmen, and Santa's sleigh along a festive photo-filled path.

Dark Sky Grove

Step into a solar-powered landscape of stars, planets, moons, and shooting stars honoring Big Bear's alpine night sky.

Big Bear Lake, California

Your wild night starts here.

Choose your visit below and experience the Big Bear Alpine Zoo in an entirely new light.

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