Mount Baldy to reopen this season

PENTICTON – South Okanagan ski enthusiasts should be rejoicing after hearing Mount Baldy will be re-opening this season.

Baldy Capital Corporation, a Calgary based company, made the announcement this week after recently reaching a Memorandum of Understanding to purchase the resort.

The company has reached an interim financing and management agreement with newly appointed receiver G-Force Group of Vancouver to get the resort operating while the receivership process and court approval of a purchase agreement is completed.

Fred Johnston, President of Baldy Capital Corporation, said the community played a big role in convincing  the company to invest in the resort’s opening this season. He said it was also a priority of the company to seek input from all key stakeholders in the operation of the resort, deeming the co-operative effort critical to the ski area’s long term survival.

This year’s opening will be limited to the Sugarlump quad chair and the Magic Carpet, with prices adjusted to reflect the limited basis operation. It is hoped the resort will operate Friday through Sunday, opening as soon as liability insurance is obtained.

Mount Baldy struggled economically after the 2008 financial downturn, and did not open at all in 2013-14.

The resort is located approximately 45 minutes east of Oliver or Osoyoos.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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