Eastern Canadian ski resorts wait for the white stuff as it piles up out west
CALGARY — A reversal of fortunes is afoot in Canada as the snow continues to pile up at western Canadian ski resorts while the grass is still on display on slopes in the east.
The conditions are in contrast to the past couple of years when warm winters wreaked havoc at many western ski resorts while frigid and snowy conditions in the east ensured hills packed with skiers and snowboarders.
Blue Mountain ski resort in Collingwood, Ont., north of Toronto, was all set for a Nov. 27 start date, but the snow just didn’t show up — and hasn’t in other parts of Ontario and Quebec either.
“We were all ready for the 27th; nature was not,” said Tara Lovell, public relations manager for the resort.