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WINTER2017
TUNED IN
Centre-part, jean vest, sparks flyin'...This photo just
keeps ongiving.
BMR
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INTHEZONE
Riding theT-Bar, happy together, nohats required.
BMR
CORDUROYCAPTAINS
Blue's grooming staffworkmostly in the
deadof night.“I feel like a lot of people
have no ideawhat goes onhere at night,”
says nightshift park groomer Tyler.“I spend
all night in the park. Eight, ten, twelve
hours, just grooming andbuilding. I push a
lot of snow. I don’t domuch tillerwork until
morning.”The tiller,mountedon the rear of
the cat, breaks uphard snow and ice and
mixes old andnew snow.Then it presses
those telltale corduroy patterns.
ANDREAHAMLIN/BMR
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BLUE&THESPECIALOLYMPICS
An event that holds a special spot inBlueMountain’s collective
heart, the Special OlympicsWorldWinter Games came to
Collingwood in 1997, co-hostingover 2000 athletes fromover 90
countries, leading to the foundingof the largest programof its
kind in theworld. BMRhas sponsored the event, the organization's
40+ volunteers andover 30 athletes since the beginning.
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TRANQUILITY
On July 20, 1969,NeilArmstrong steppedonto the Sea of Tranquility, a site known
asTranquility Base,where humanbeings first landedon theMoonduringApollo
11.Armstrongnamed the site just 18 seconds after touchingdown, announcing
to theworld,“Houston,Tranquility Base here.The Eagle has landed.”Back on
earth, BlueMountain’sTranquility, christenednot long after theMoon landing, is a
choice trail for powder dayswith some coldmoondust of its own.
GLENHARRIS
