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75HIGHLIGHTS
OFONTARIO’STOPRESORT
JOZO’SJUMP
BMR founder JozoWeider oversaw the constructionof this 50-metre jump just a year beforehis
death ina car accident in1971.The jumpwas named inmemoryof PetePettersen, aNorwegian
whohaddeveloped ski jumpingprograms inOntario in the1950s.The jumpwas the siteof the
NorthAmerican ski jumping championships.
FRITZ SCHULLER/BMR
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After 14 years of publishing
Mountain Life
, we finally
gained access to The Vault—BlueMountain Resort’s
historical archive stretching back to 1941, the
year JozoWeider founded the resort. For this 75
th
anniversary issue tribute we’ve searched through
many boxes of unseen material and conducted
interviews with BMR insiders. We’ve selected these
75 images and anecdotes—in no particular order—
that commemorate life at Blue since that long-ago
first winter season of ‘41/’42. We hope you find
them everybit as enlighteningaswedid.
NB:
ML
wishes to acknowledge the kind assistance of GeorgeWeider in the preparationof this article,
inparticular his book
BlueMountain
(BostonMills Press, 1990).Andwe apologize in advance for
beingunable to credit individual photographers throughout this article, since that informationwas in
many cases not available.We have creditedBlueMountainResorts (BMR) since all the photos, unless
otherwise indicated, are housed in their archive.—Ed.
