Weider Lodge are lodgings named after Jozo Weider, the founder of Blue Mountain. At the time Collingwood was primarily a shipbuilding and apple growing region, and had limited tourist access via road, so the first skiers arrived via train at the nearby Craigleith station. A single lift consisted of two sleds pulled up the hill by a cable running on the ground and powered by a truck engine, serving three runs, "Schuss", "Granny" and "Kandahar'. Weider built a small chalet at what is now the north end of the hill, the "Blue Mountain Lodge", and started clearing trails by hand. The family farmed the fields around the base of the hill during the summers. Development started in 1941, with the Weider family moving into an existing farm at the base of the escarpment. While working there he met Peter Campbell who was involved in developing ski areas in Collingwood, and the two started a partnership to develop Blue Mountain. The next year he moved the entire family to Quebec, working at the Inn in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson. Later that year Jozo travelled east, working a seasonal job at the Chateau Frontenac as a ski instructor. The entire family emigrated to Canada later that year, settling in Peace River, Alberta. She met Jozo in England with their son, and the family applied for political asylum. He telegrammed his wife, Helena, who was still in Czechoslovakia to leave the country. He also travelled abroad to England to promote the chalet, and was on such a trip in 1939 when World War II began. In his twenties, he built a ski chalet in the Carpathian mountains and lived as an innkeeper, mountain guide and photographer through the 1930s. Jozo Weider was born in Žilina in 1908, in what was then Austria-Hungary present day Slovakia. The resort is owned by Alterra Mountain Company after it bought Intrawest in 2017. During its ownership, the resort underwent major renovations including the installation of high-speed lifts, and a new residential village at the base of the resort. From 1999 to 2007, the resort was under the majority-ownership of Intrawest. It is one of the largest resorts in Ontario and has been extensively built out, featuring 42 runs, 16 chairlifts and 3 freestyle terrains.Įstablished in 1941, the ski resort was later transformed into a year-round resort in 1977. On average, Blue Mountain sells more than 750,000 lift tickets per year, making it the third-busiest ski resort in Canada, after Whistler-Blackcomb in British Columbia and Mont Tremblant in Quebec. The local area forms the newly incorporated town of The Blue Mountains, Ontario. It is situated on a section of the Niagara Escarpment about 1 km (0.6 mi.) from Nottawasaga Bay, and is a major destination for skiers from southern Ontario. (5 high speed six person chairlifts, 2 Fixed grip chairlifts, 4 Magic Carpets)īlue Mountain is an alpine ski resort in Ontario, Canada, 10 km west of Collingwood.
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