Blue Mountain (Resort)
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| Location: | Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city: | Collingwood, Barrie, Toronto |
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| Vertical: | 226 m |
| Top elevation: | 452 m |
| Base elevation: | 226 m |
| Skiable area: | 102 hectares |
| Runs: | 34 |
| Longest run: | 1.2 km |
| Lift system: | 14 (10 chairlifts, 1 ropetow, 3 magic carpets) |
| Terrain parks: | 4 |
| Snowfall: | 279 cm/year |
| Web site: | BlueMountain.ca |
Blue Mountain is a large ski resort near Collingwood, Ontario with 34 runs, 13 chairlifts and 5 freestyle terrains
Blue Mountain is situated on a section of the Niagara Escarpment about 1 km away from Georgian Bay. Blue Mountain has – much like Mont Tremblant and Whistler-Blackcomb – a village (Blue Mountain, Ontario) at its base.
Blue Mountain sells more than 600,000 lift tickets annually to skiiers from the Midwestern United States, and Ontario.
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[edit] Recent Developments
The Intrawest Corporation has a 50% interest in the ownership of Blue Mountain. Since acquiring this interest in Blue Mountain, Intrawest has completed many development projects in the mountain area. The Blue Mountain Village was constructed at the base of the Silver Bullet chairlift. Four high speed six-passenger chairlifts have been installed. A conference centre has been built. As well, large numbers of condominium and hotel units have been contructed in the Blue Mountain Village. The ski runs north of Happy Valley are owned by the Toronto Ski Club rather than Blue Mountain Resorts, but are managed by Blue Mountain for the TSC. Sales of real estate form the bulk of Intrawest's income. Skier visits have increased, and are projected to continue to increase with planned expansions to the skiing operations.[citation needed] Due to a lack of snow and mild temperatures at the start of winter 2006-2007, Blue was forced to close during the key Christmas period in December 2006. Extensive snowmaking efforts enabled Blue to open in time for New Years, but this bad start may have affected Blue's future development plans, due to a failure to meet budget numbers and resultant cash flow issues.
Blue Mountain also offers downhill mountain biking in the summer months, with bikes and riders taken up hill in gondolas and racks mounted on the Silver Bullet Express. In the summer months Blue also maintains a climbing wall, hiking trails, a small private beach, a small water park and Blue was also beginning construction on a miniature golf course at the base of the hill.
[edit] Lifts
- Enchanted Forest Magic Carpet (Green)
- Voyageur Quad, Previously the Big Baby Triple (Green)
- Kids Camp Magic Carpet (Green)
- Southern Comfort High-Speed Six Seater (Blue, Black)
- L-Hill Triple (Blue, Black)
- Silver Bullet High-Speed Six Seater (Blue, Black, D-Black)
- Glider Magic Carpet (Green)
- Easy Street Double (Green)
- Graduate Triple (Green)
- Badlands Double
- Century Express High-Speed Six Seater (Green, Blue, Black, D-Black)
- Jozo Weider (formerly Grand Prix) High-Speed Six Seater (Blue, Black, D-Black)
- North Double (Black, D-Black)
- High-Speed Six Seater set for opening in 2008
- High-Speed Six Seater to replace the L-Hill Triple set for opening in 2008
[edit] Runs
- Enchanted Forest
- Big Baby
- Marijane's Lane
- Kid's Camp
- Waterfall
- Crooked Oak
- Sunrise
- Cruiser
- Dr. Doug
- L-Hill
- Rinus Run
- Memory Lane
- Tranquility
- Smart Alec
- The Glades
- Village Way
- Easy Street
- Graduate
- Mogul Alley
- Apple Bowl
- Calamity Lane
- Willy's
- Happy Valley
- Hog's Back
- Elevator Shaft
- Avalanche
- Spectacular
- Little Devil
- Senator/Larway
- Lone Rider
- Starting Gate
- Rabbit's Run
- Schuss
- Kandahar
- Unnamed runs in Expansion (6)
[edit] Terrain Parks
- Greatest Hits Half-Pipe
- Yahoo Freestyle Terrain (has not been built in recent years, a large ditch has formed in the middle of the run)
- The Badlands
- Pickle Super Pipe
- Hell's Half Acre Freestyle Terrain
