Mount St. Louis Moonstone - The little Mountain that Could

I had my first ski day this season today, and the best conditions in Ontario happen to be at this destination. The uniqueness of Mt. St. Louis http://www.mountstlouis.com/  is that its roots are from its Austrian family ownership, with real mountain expertise. In fact the founder  Josl Huter, who started and now operates Mt. St. Louis, was friends with the founder of Blue Mountain, Jozo Weider. The emphasis at Mt. St. Louis is a good mountain experience, not selling time shares, not retail shopping, not mountain biking. Just good old downhill skiing, with possibly the best terrain park in the province, and perhaps, the most consistent bump field as well.

However, this year's secret is the new 25 acre lake that they built atop the mountain to provide enough water for artificial snow making, and their state of the art equipment. It appears that global warming is starting to take effect this winter, with less cold weather and snow than I have seen in my lifetime. The winner in this new climate change, may be the one with the best snow making, and the luck of being in the snow belt as is Mt. St. Louis.

As a well travelled, ski adventurer, this local mountain cannot compare to its rivals in Quebec and B.C., for vertical, and size, but it makes it up with excellent uphill capacity, grooming, terrain parks, snow making etc. etc. For a day out of Toronto with some of the best snow in the GTA region this season check out Mount Saint Louis Moonstone.


The Adventure Guy