Superior Snowboarding and Skiing in Ontario
Located in Ontario’s ‘snow belt’ 15 minutes north of Barrie, we have the best conditions to play in all winter!
2011/2012 SEASON OPENING DATES:
Horseshoe Resort: Opened (Including Night Skiing)
Mount St Louis Moonstone: Opened
Hardwood Ski & Bike: Opened
At Carriage Ridge Resort, guests enjoy their ski-in ski-out condo-suites on the ridge of Horseshoe Ski Resort, easy drive to Mount St Louis Moonstone and Ontario’s superior trails at Hardwood Ski & Bike.
When you travel to Carriage Ridge Resort in Horseshoe Valley, take advantage of: a combined ski area of 68 downhills runs, over 30 kilometers of Nordic ski trails, snowtubing runs, snowshoeing, and more!
Average Temperature and Snowfall
| Month | Avg. Temp (°F) | Avg. Temp (°C) | Avg. Snowfall (in.) | Avg. Snowfall (cm.) |
| December | 23.9°F | -4.5°C | 29.6in. | 75.1cm. |
| January | 16.6°F | -8.8°C | 36.8in. | 93.4cm. |
| February | 17.96°F | -7.8°C | 21.5in. | 54.7cm. |
| March | 28.22°F | -2.1°C | 9.7in. | 24.7cm. |
| April | 41.9°F | 5.5°C | 5.3in. | 13.5cm. |
(source: Environment Canada)
Horseshoe Ski Resort
Carriage Ridge Resort's suites are ski-in and ski-out on the ridge of Horseshoe Resort's awesome ski trails including 304 feet of vertical rise, 25 exciting runs, 6 lifts, a terrain park perfect for testing your skill, a half pipe for snowboarding, night skiing, nightboarding, and night tubing. Horseshoe Resort's ski trails are only a short drive into the valley from Carriage Ridge and Carriage Hills Resort.
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Mount St Louis Moonstone
Fifteen minutes away from Carriage Ridge and Carriage Hills resort, is the Mount St Louis Moonstone Ski park perfect for skiing and snowboarding all-day! At Mount St. Louis Moonstone there are over 170 acres of skiing with 40 slopes and 12 lifts, including three high speed chair lifts.
If you're just beginning to learn how to ski Mount St. Louis Moonstone has one of the largest practice terrain in all of Ontario. For the pros, skate and snowboard through Super Pipes and show off your skills performing rail lines, battleship rails, c-rials. Or test your skill in the two terrain parks: The Junkyard, and the Outback.
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Hardwood Ski & Bike
Only 8km away from Carriage Ridge and Carriage Hils Resort is the Hardwood Ski & Bike recreation area. Experience Hardwood's newly created trail system which consists of 10 different paths which range in length from 3.3km to 19km. There is definetely a trail for every skill level whether you are a beginner or a pro. If skiing and snowboarding is not in your repertoire try out the brand new snowshoe trails.
- Get Out There Magazine’s “Best Place to Cross Country Ski” in Eastern Canada!
- * NEW in 2011 * Enjoy snowshoe trails and experience winter without skis!
- Classic skiing, skate skiing and snowshoeing
- Ski and Snowshoe rentals
- full Café, chalet and ski shop
- hours: 8am-5pm
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