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Mount Baldy is a modest ski resort overlooking the Okanagan Valley in southern British Columbia just north of the border Washington state. Its road access is via McKinney Road from Oliver and from BC Highway 3 north of Bridesville and BC Highway 33 west of Rock Creek, in the Boundary Country. Air access from Penticton Regional Airport (Air Canada). The summit is in the Okanagan Highland, an intermediary plateau-like area between the Monashee Mountains to the east and the Okanagan Valley immediately below to the west. In 1968, its first season, Baldy operated as a ski cat area with McKinney T-Bar. A year later, the resort acquired a T-bar that traveled up the face of Mount Baldy. The T-bar base at 5650 ft above sea level is the highest base altitude of any ski resort in Canada. That T-bar was replaced with what is now Eagle Chair, a fixed-grip double chair lift. Another lift, Sugarlump (also known as Sugarloaf) was opened in the 2007-2008 ski season. Sugarlump is a fixed-grip quad chair lift. Total uphill capacity is 750 persons per hour. Mount Baldy Ski Area consists of 35 downhill skiing trails. Unfortunately since 2009-10 season the McKinney T-bar has been out of service. In 2012 a trail was cut leading from Sugarlump to the McKinney area to access the terrain park. There is no night skiing at Mount Baldy Ski Area. Nordic trails are also open December through March. The hill is unique as the associated village of 150 ski cottages are ski-in ski-out. The village also has one cafeteria and one bar. Over the last few seasons the food has been great, in part because young chefs who are working at the wineries in the summer have been running the kitchen at Baldy in the winter. The resort is renowned for its "big pow Friday" and glade skiing. There is a ski school, day-lodge and lounge, ski equipment, and snow shoe rentals. The ski hill did not open for the 2013-14 season due to financial difficulties. In July 2014, the Supreme Court of British Columbia granted conduct of sale in a foreclosure action to a secured creditor of Mount Baldy. In the foreclosure, G-Force Real Estate Inc. of Vancouver, B.C. has been appointed as Marketing Agent to sell most of the assets of Mount baldy Ski Corporation and related companies. The primary objective of the Marketing Agent is to find a buyer who will be able to complete an acquisition in time to operate the resort for the upcoming 2014-15 ski season. ==See also== *List of ski areas and resorts in Canada 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Baldy Ski Area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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