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

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 [...]

Night Turns At Blue Mountain: Redux

A couple of weeks ago I headed to Blue Mountain on a Sunday evening for some night turns. I was pretty excited to go, as I expected a Sunday night at Blue to be relatively empty. Unfortunately, the hill was completely packed, and I had a less-than-stellar time. Given Blue always seems to be busy, [...]

Snow, Snow and More Snow for Southern Ontario

Ah, good ‘ol Ontario weather. Remember the good old days, circa 2006, when I complained it wasn’t snowing at all?
Flash forward a year and a bit, to March 2008. I swear it hasn’t stopped snowing here since November. Conditions have been phenomenal for weeks; the crappy holiday season area ski resorts endured last year seems [...]

Night Turns At Blue Mountain

Believe it or not, I’ve only been snowboarding one day in Ontario this year, and that was my first session. Tonight, it was back to the short, crowded hills of Ontario for another local day of riding. I headed to Blue Mountain mid-afternoon to get a bit of daytime riding in, followed by some nighttime [...]

Gotta Love Ontario

According to Blue Mountain’s snow report, they received 50 centimetres of snow in the last 24 hours. Wow.
They’re only half operational, though, thanks to lousy road conditions.
Rare epic Ontario powder day: ruined!
(Moonstone is reporting 60 centimetres, and appears to be entirely open. If you can ditch work, you might want to head there.)

Snowboarding Rail Park Opens In Toronto

If you live in downtown Toronto and feel like hitting some rails in a safe, sanctioned environment, look no further than Polson Pier, previously known as ‘The Docks’ to the locals. Polson Pier is a multi-faceted downtown, lakeside facility that features a drive-in, nightclub, go-kart track and driving range. And now Ripley’s (yes, of Ripley’s [...]

Snow is Big News Up Here

Web sites, television stations, newspapers and radio stations are all talking a lot about snow up here in Canada, both on the west coast and in Ontario. Among the stories making headlines:

Once again, there is no snow in Ontario: Blue Mountain is down to a paltry six runs today thanks to a completely insane January [...]

The Conditions Out Here Are Apparently Bananas.

You may have heard that Ontario and pretty much anywhere east of here is getting completely smoked by a huge storm from the United States. Here in Toronto, the city was pretty much snowed in for the weekend, and we’re only digging out of it now. The storm has since moved into Quebec, and we’re [...]

Snowboarding Under the Lights

I realize there is some serious overheard in keeping ski hills open at night (lights, staff, grooming, facilities and what have you), but I can’t help but wonder why more resorts don’t do it. After all, the ski season is not particularly long in most areas (especially here in Ontario); so why aren’t hills like [...]

First Turns With the New ACL (And Mt. St. Louis Moonstone Conditions)

Today was a big day for me: I hit the slopes once again, a little more than eight months after having my ACL surgically reconstructed. It’s been a long eight months, with countless hours spent stretching, weightlifting, running and bending, both at physiotherapy and at home. So, needless to say, I was a little apprehensive [...]