The Festival is held annually on the

FIRST SATURDAY

of October!

See you there!

Thanks to the Inland Empire Prospectors & Miners Club, folks can have fun panning for GOLD!

In 2019, CAL FIRE took the trophy for the Pine Cone Brigade, ending Running Springs Fire Department's three year streak in winning the Golden Pine Cone for the Firefighters Pine Cone Brigade contest. Which agency will take home the Pine Cone Championship this year?

Pine Cone Craft Contest
World's Largest Pine Cone Contest
Pine Cone Olympics
Free Games
Fun Fair Food
Wonderful Artisans
Unique Craft Vendors

Fire Prevention Info

Smokey Bear!

Lively

Local

Entertainment

Crafty?  You can start working on your craft for our 2020 Pine Cone Craft Contest!

NOTE: Festival is held IN the forest, walking area is a natural surface, flat with some irregularities as this is not a paved or concrete trail.

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Last year more than 100 visitors took a beautiful one or two mile Nature Walk through the Forest and discover more about the mountains' flora and fauna!  You can choose between a guided tour or to walk independently. Those who successfully complete the two mile walk will receive this cool commemorative Pine Cone Festival pin.  Those who do the shorter one mile walk and receive a Festival magnet. Thanks to Church of the Woods and Rim Nordic for sponsoring this activity!

Hi! My name is CHEEKERS. I hope to see you at this year's Pine Cone Festival! 

The Festival is a dog-friendly event - as long as they are on a 6ft leash. And please come prepared to clean up after your dog as there is no "doggie" area. Note: for safety reasons, dogs are not allowed on the shuttle, but you can be dropped off in the loading zone at Rim Nordic on Hwy 18 before the driver parks at Snow Valley.

COVID-19 concerns: In these uncertain times, we understand everyone is challenged in making plans for the future.  The Pine Cone Festival will be sending out application forms in early June, as usual, for vendors to register for our October event.  We encourage vendors to return the forms to secure a booth space, however, in light of the unknown status of future public gatherings, we will NOT require payment at the time the applications are submitted.  If restrictions are lifted by the end of summer, we will proceed with the Festival if it is determined to be feasible and responsible and collect payments at that time.  Please contact us at if you have any questions.

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Take care and be safe!

              The Pine Cone Festival Steering Committee

   Do you have the ​

Largest Pine Cone??

Go Hiking and find the winning cone!!

 Fantastic prizes worth $650 for the longest sugar pine and heaviest Coulter could be yours - explore the forest and bring your cones to the Festival by NOON on October 3rd.  Break the record and win up to $850 in prizes!

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 You won't​

​Annual Prizes  for the Longest Sugar and Biggest Coulter Pine Cone entered each year.

Special prizes for record breakers!

The  record for Sugar cone

is 23- 1/4" long

The record Coulter  cone

is 5 lbs. 2.8 oz

See our contest page for all the details.