Sharon & Kirk’s Winter Guidebook

We travel with our kids who love to roll in the snow, so we pack two (or more!) of gloves, hats, hoodies, and snowpants/jacket/boots if you've got spares. This is our weekend place so we don't have a dryer in the condo. There is a coin laundry in the basement of building 2. We just hang up all our gear overnight and it's usually dry by morning.

Blue Mountain Village is a 20-25 minute easy flat walk. You could walk along Grey Road 19, but it's a bit busy. We'd suggest exiting North Creek Resort at the main driveway, crossing Grey Road 19 onto Craigmore Crescent. Follow your way to Heritage Drive, then cross Grey Road 19 again at Blue Mountain Inn and along Jozo Wieder Blvd. to the Village. This is a safer and quieter route and bit of an interesting architectural tour of the ski chalets in the neighbourhood.

Blue Mountain sometimes has caps on how many lift passes they sell, so book yours online in advance. This is important for holidays and weekends.

The Blue Mountain Village Association (BMVA) runs a shuttle bus for members only. We are BMVA members and our access to the shuttle bus extends to you as our Guests. See the notice on our fridge for the booking link (for some silly reason Airbnb won't let me post a weblink here) North Creek Shuttle Hut This is located in the parking lot next to use, by Toronto Ski Club. Look for the open air hut near the main road Village Market - this is the main stop Blue Mountain Village Blue Mountain Inn - this is the closest spot for night skiing (Valley Express lift)

As our weekend place, we don't have laundry in our unit, but there is a coin-op laundry on the property, in building 2, about a 1 minute walk away For kids, pack extra clothes, boots, mittens, jackets - they’ll be outside a lot so it helps to have a second set of everything.

To hike across Blue Mountain property, it's a paid activity and you can get tickets at Activity Central in the Village. But over on our North side of the resort, there's a lot less foot traffic. I've never seen anyone here checking passes. Head up the back trails ("1940" and "Cagey") behind North Creek Resort. You'll find little bridges and waterfalls. It's very steep so hiking shoes are required. Take water and snacks. Kids will have fun playing in the waterfalls, but use common sense and safety of course.

The hills outside our door are called the North hills, serviced by the Weider Express lift. Day skiing only - the North side closes by 4:15pm. The green/easy route home from the other side (Valley, Village) is down Happy Valley, sharp left turn onto Dog Sled and down past the lift to our gate. If you are a more advanced skier you can take Schuss (blue/advanced) straight down to our gate.

Buy passes online for best rates. See if Blue Mountain’s “Double Down” pass is still for sale early in the season - it’s a good deal if there’s two people skiing. The closest lift pass pickup is in the hut in P4/North Hill/Weider Express walking distance from our place. But it’s usually only open on weekends and peak holidays. After that the next closest ticket windo is Valley, attached to back of Blue Mountain Inn. Take a 2 minute drive down the road, grab your passes, drive back to our place and then ski on at North/Weider (for experienced skiiers). For beginners, drive to Village or South.

The North hills outside our place offer day skiing only. If you are skiing back to our place you need to be back by 4:15 before the ski patrol closes the North side. Night skiing is offered at Valley, Village, South and Orchard lifts which are a short drive, or serviced by the Blue Mountain Shuttle.