Ontario Ski Resorts

The heart of the downhill ski areas, Ontario is the Blue Mountain ski resort near Collingwood, about two hours north of Toronto. It is north toward Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, so the snow comes early and leaves late - for a long season.

There are three locations along the "mountain (it is a really ridge) - Blue Mountain, Toronto Ski Club (private club), and Georgian Peaks. Blue Mountain has become so popular that the Club Intrawest, one of the biggest attractions --Some developers, has built a European-style ski village at the foot of the hill, containing all the resort amenities you would expect, or want.

Blue Mountain is the largest resort and including the Toronto Ski Club (TSC) has 36 ski slopes, including 9 for beginners. To ensure that you return to the top as quickly as possible, but also has 14 elevators, including seven for beginners.

Today there is also an extensive snowboard park. The slopes and lifts are open for both BlueMountain and TSC score.

Down in the village you will find restaurants, clothes and sports shops, bars and clubs offer to the après-ski hours. The village also offers indoor and outdoor entertainment for children, with events around the fireplace in the village square and swimming pools with slides and other features available to you are all energy left over from skiing and snowboarding. For adults, there is also an outdoor sports store that rents snowmobiles and rentalAll-terrain vehicles for those who are not fully concentrating on the slopes.

Away from Blue Mountain, Ontario other ski areas such as:

Talisman Resort, near Kimberley in the Beaver Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located about two hours north of Toronto on Highway 10 or by Hwys 400, 89 and then 10th The slopes offer skiing, snowboarding and tubing, dog sledding and removed with the resort. There is a good mix of beginner, intermediate and expert runs- Something for the whole family.

Just north of Barrie, Ontario, and about two hours drive from Toronto's Mount St. Louis Moonstone, Ontario, a great family ski and snowboard resort. It boasts the largest ski resort for beginners in Ontario. Experts are also well advanced and with more than 40 runs and twelve lifts, including three high-speed express lifts. For snowboarders, there are two fun parks and super pipe for boarders and extreme skiers.

Hidden ValleyHighlands ski resort in Muskoka, Ontario region, near Huntsville - three hours drive from Toronto via Highways 400, 11 and 169 Hidden Valley is small place with 12 runs and a fun park. There are three chairlifts and a drag in 'Beginner Hill.

Deerhurst Resort is also located nearby, and both places offer a wide range of winter amenities and events for the whole family, such as snowmobiling, sledding, ice skating, and swimming pools.

Calabogie Peaks Resort is located farther away, theEast, closer to Ottawa than Toronto. It's about a four to five hours drive from Toronto or one hours drive from Ottawa. The mountain has a nearly 800 m vertical drop, and a 2 km the longest run. With three lifts serving 20 runs, and two fun parks, there is enough capacity for a quick return to the summit. For those who have their winter fun on the quieter side, a chance for some winter wonderland photos might prefer snowshoeing is also available.

For skiing an hour, the local skiHill will do. For a week or a weekend, you need a big tourist centers and they all fit the bill.

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