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Blue Mountain Ski Resort: From the “I Didn’t Know That” Department

By ⋅ April 21, 2008 ⋅ Email this post Email this post ⋅ Print this post Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Some interesting stuff I discovered while looking around for some post content this week:

  • There is a ski resort in Ontario that’s taller than Blue Mountain and big enough to host an FIS-sanctioned Giant Slalom Race: The Georgian Peaks Ski Club. With a vertical of 820 feet, Georgian Peaks is Ontario’s highest and longest hill. The catch? Membership is $30k. Looks like I won’t be hitting that hill any time soon.
  • According to Wikipedia, Blue Mountain actually owned Georgian Peas for a while in the 1980s.
  • Also according to Wikipedia, Blue Mountain is Canada’s third-busiest ski resort after Whistler-Blackcomb and Mont Tremblant. Having spent a fair bit of time there over the past couple of years, I can honestly say I think that hill is at full capacity. They better look at opening The Orchard soon, or re-investigating a deal with Georgian Peaks; otherwise, the hills will soon become impossible to navigate.

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