Artist Profile: Elevating Awareness
The story behind an Indigenous-created installation at Blue Mountain Resort.
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AGORA: An Interactive Night-Walk through the Forest
Inspired by storytelling and life cycles in nature, AGORA: Path of Light is a multisensory experience currently on view at the top of Blue Mountain Resort.
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Waking Down Barriers: the First Women’s Wakeboard Event at the Pan Am Games
No women’s wakeboarding event at the Pan Am Games? Erika Langman changed that. words :: Kristin Schnelten During her more than ten years on the international wakeboard scene, Ontario athlete…
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In the Trenches: Shoulder-Season Snowmaking at Blue Mountain Resort
words & photos :: Kristin Schnelten. Snowmaking at Blue Mountain Resort is all in the numbers. Every winter, the 13-member crew works 24 hours a day, utilizing four dump-truck-sized compressors…
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The Great Slide Ride: Blue Mountain’s First Major Summer Attraction Delivered Spills and Thrills Galore
If you visited Ontario's Blue Mountain Resort as a kid in the offseason, there’s a decent chance you willingly threw your body down a 3,000-foot mini-bobsled track on a plastic sled for a wee thrill.
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Blue Mountain at 75: The Son of Founder Jozo Weider Recalls a Life Well-lived on the Slopes
The small ski operation launched by Jozo Weider in 1941 has grown into a fourseasons resort and village. Changes in management and ownership make this a fitting time to reflect…
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Skye Rider: From Blue Mountain To New Zealand, Skye Follas Chases Her Mountain Bike Dreams
For the last few seasons, Skye Follas has been a familiar and fast face at the Blue Mountain Bike Park. Honing her downhill skills on the Niagara Escarpment, Follas was…
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From the Vault: Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Mountain Resort – Part 7
After 14 years of publishing Mountain Life in Ontario, we finally gained access to The Vault—Blue Mountain Resort’s historical archive stretching back to 1941, the year Jozo Weider founded the…
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From the Vault: Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Mountain Resort — Part 6
After 14 years of publishing Mountain Life in Ontario, we finally gained access to The Vault—Blue Mountain Resort’s historical archive stretching back to 1941, the year Jozo Weider founded the…
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From the Vault: Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Mountain Resort — Part 5
After 14 years of publishing Mountain Life in Ontario, we finally gained access to The Vault—Blue Mountain Resort’s historical archive stretching back to 1941, the year Jozo Weider founded the…
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From the Vault: Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Mountain Resort — Part 3
After 14 years of publishing Mountain Life in Ontario, we finally gained access to The Vault—Blue Mountain Resort’s historical archive stretching back to 1941, the year Jozo Weider founded the…
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From the Vault: Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Mountain Resort — Part 2
After 14 years of publishing Mountain Life in Ontario, we finally gained access to The Vault—Blue Mountain Resort’s historical archive stretching back to 1941, the year Jozo Weider founded the…
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From the Vault: Celebrating 75 Years of Blue Mountain Resort – Part 1
After 14 years of publishing Mountain Life in Ontario, we finally gained access to The Vault—Blue Mountain Resort’s historical archive stretching back to 1941, the year Jozo Weider founded the…
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East Coast Open Canada Cup Downhill: A History in Pictures
For the first time since 1997, Canada’s top downhill racers will find themselves in Ontario for a national-level event. Yes, you read that correctly. It has been a long wait,…
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25 Opening Days at Blue
How Does This Year Stack Up? by Allison Davies It’s been a crazy early winter season across Ontario this year, and it left me wondering – has it always been…
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