BLUE MOUNTAIN RESORTS LIMITED FACT SHEET
Blue Mountain
- Blue Mountain, Ontario’s largest mountain village resort, is nestled on the shores of Georgian Bay and spans across the beautiful Niagara Escarpment. Blue Mountain has evolved inot a true four-season destinatin, and continually ranks among the top family-friendly resorts in Canada.
Intrawest
- Intrawest ULC is a world leader in destination resorts and adventure travel. The company has interests in six resorts at some of North America’s most popular mountain destinations
Location
- 90 minutes north of Toronto and 11 km west of Collingwood
Portfolio
- 40 acre pedestrian village at the base of the mountain
- More than 1,000 accommodation units
- Capacity for over 2,000 guests on a nightly basis
- More than 45 unique concept restaurants, bars and retail spaces
- More than 36,000 square feet of state of the art conference space
- 2 onsite spas and nearby Scandinave Spa
Recreation
Winter
- 36 ski and snowboard trails
- 15 lifts including 4 high speed six person express chairlifts
- 300 acre resort with 98% snowmaking coverage
- Vertical drop of 720 feet
- Versatile terrain with 27% beg./ 27% int./ 46% adv.
- Monterra Golf & Tennis
- Plunge! Aquatic Centre
- Ridge Runner Mountain Coaster
- Coming Winter 2013/14: Major terrain expansion including 6 new trails, high-speed, new six-person chairlift and 64 acres of terrain.
Spring/Summer/Fall
- Open-Air Gondola
- Ridge Runner Mountain Coaster
- Monterra Golf & Tennis
- Plunge! Aquatic Centre
- Private Beach
- Mountain Biking
- Hiking
- Cascade Putting Course
- Timber Challenge High Ropes
- Woodlot Low Ropes
- Mountaintop Segway Tours
- Coming July 2013: Wind Rider Triple Zips
Founded
- 1941, by Czechoslovakian born Jozo Weider
Employees
- 453 full-time year round employees
- 1315 winter employees
- 438 summer seasonal employees
- Over $33,000,000 payroll
Management
- Gord Canning, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; George Weider, Vice-Chairman; Dan Skelton, President & Chief Operating Officer; Harold Abbotts, VP Finance; Bev Philp, VP Sales & Marketing; Chris Lewis, VP Resort Services; Alvin Weatherall, VP Mountain Operations and Risk Management; Dave Sinclair, VP Human Resources; Alvard Petten, VP Hospitality Services
Distinctions
- Designated as a Service Excellence Organization by the Ontario Tourism Education Council
