British Columbia's Mt. Baldy finds new ownership following two seasons of dormancy

Mt. Baldy, a ski area located about an hour’s drive from the Midway Border Crossing between Washington and British Columbia which has lay dormant for the past couple of years, may have a new lease on life.

The ski area hasn’t operated for a full winter season since 2013-14. According to Business Vancouver, Mt. Baldy owed $4.4 million in mortgages when it was forced into bankruptcy in late 2014. The ski area did manage to run the lifts for about thirty days in 2014-15 between January and March. During that time Baldy Capital Corporation (BCC) operated the resort while locked into an attempt to purchase it, which proved unsuccessful. The purchase requirements defined by G-Force Group, the receiver in charge of finding a qualified buyer of the resort, weren’t met by BCC.

On Monday, Gary Powroznik of G-Force Group announced that the ski area had been bought for $3.4 million. Mt. Baldy, it seems, has been revived from the dead à la one Jon Snow.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be part of this project and can’t wait to help Baldy Mountain Resort achieve its potential,” O’Brien said in a press release.

“We are very pleased to have found a purchaser with the financial and operational capability to restart the ski operation and lay a solid foundation for a sustainable resort for the community,” added Powroznik.

Mt. Baldy has a base elevation of 5,665 feet, 400 skiable acres and is known as having top-notch tree skiing and lift-accessed backcountry. For more information, visit the Mt. Baldy Facebook page.