“We’re the only resort in Canada with this leading-edge snow making technology called WeSnow from France and HKD of Quebec,” said Marty Thody, Director of Operations at Boler. “We can make snow at almost any temperature.”
Basically, the unit is a refrigerator in a huge shipping container with nine ice compressors and nine generators that flash freezes water but without the dry ice smoke and then pumps it on to the hills. It’s almost like your household refrigerator ice-maker but the ice isn’t hard. Instead, the resulting snow has a soft consistency that takes longer to melt and doesn’t bunch in warm temperatures like the heavy “mashed potatoes” snow famous during spring skiing.
The WeSnow machine will get a good test next week when unseasonable warm temperatures are expected but Thody says, “bring it on, we’re ready.”The ski season in southern Ontario officially kicked off this past weekend with the opening of Mount St Louis Moonstone just 15 minutes north of Barrie off the 400. We enjoyed a magnificent blue bird day with amazing snow conditions and 75% coverage despite the milder weather.
I also noticed something different in the upstairs cafeteria with the addition of some cool dishes and quicker service.
How some people like snow i dont know.
'Mountain'
Skied there years ago . Loved it .a few long gentle slopes