History-1990's

The Nineties

In 1990, Mount St. Louis Moonstone increased snowmaking coverage. Two piston bully groomers were traded in to purchase two new ones.

Major upgrades in 1991 to the beginner area at Moonstone were made by installing a Triple chair lift. Another piston bully groomer was purchased.

Upgrades to the beginner area at Mount St. Louis were made in 1992, with the widening of the Gentle Ben slope and the installation of the Gentle Ben Triple chair lift.The Turkey Shoot slope was re-graded to allow for a mogul run. The snowmaking capacity was again expanded. Mount St. Louis Moonstone now had 4750 horsepower to create man-made snow.

The Venture Run was extended in 1993 by seventy vertical feet and serviced by the Venture quad chair.

A new addition in 1994 to the Mount St. Louis chalet created a new ski rental and repair shop, a new bar, improved food services, plus a gigantic sun deck on the south side of the chalet. Snowboarding was re-introduced to the resort with a Snowboard Fun Park and Half Pipe at Moonstone. The rental equipment fleet featured sixty Burton and Sims Snowboards.

In 1995, Mount St. Louis Moonstone purchased a state of the art half pipe-grooming machine called a Pipe Dragon.

In 1996, Mount St. Louis Moonstone put on their moving hats again and moved 650,000 cubic meters of dirt to raise Moonstone’s peak 50 feet higher. The Adventure Run was added and chair #5 Quad is replaced with Ontario’s first high speed detachable six passenger chair “The Adventure Express”.

Expansion of the snowboard areas were made in 1997 by enlarging the half pipe on the Mount St. Louis side and expanding the slope and park area at Moonstone. The former Turkey Shoot quad chair was relocated to the park at Moonstone with the new name “Outback Quad”. More capacity was again added to the snowmaking, increasing the pumping capacity to 5100 gallons per minute. A fifth grooming machine was added to the fleet allowing one groomer to be dedicated to the snowboard park.

A new terrain park was added to the right of the Outback in 1998. The Mount St. Louis learning area was enlarged and a new Magic Carpet was added to service this area. Mount St. Louis Moonstone now boasted 37 slopes with 14 lifts. Remodeling of the Mount St. Louis kitchen and cafeteria areas was also completed. After 35 years of being involved in the skiing industry, Mount St. Louis Moonstone gained the reputation of being Ontario’s Best for Family Skiing/Boarding and World Famous for Mountain Building.

The Huter’s decided in 1999 to change Promenade North and Promenade South slopes into one intermediate slope Promenade. To increase the 250 feet width by 65 feet, Mount St. Louis Moonstone moved 550 000 cubic meters of dirt. The two double chair lifts were removed and replaced by another high-speed six-person chair lift the “Promenade Express” on the Moonstone side. Once again, the snowmaking capacity is expanded.