{"id":42191,"date":"2025-07-10T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destinationbigbear.com\/blog\/?page_id=42191"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:41:08","slug":"hiking-big-bear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.destinationbigbear.com\/blog\/hiking-big-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear Hiking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"491\">Big Bear Hiking: Trail Info for Every Type of Hiker<\/h1>\n<p class=\"t-mobile-14\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: center;\">Big Bear is hiking country. 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