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JOZO'SDAUGHTERS
Pictured here during the opening of SouthChair in 1960, Katherine (left) andAnnaWeider were Jozo
andHelenaWeider's twin daughters bornwhile the familywas living in a cabin next to the original Blue
Mountain Lodge at the resort's north end.Annawon the Canadian Junior Downhill in 1960. Katherine
won several racing titles inQuebec and Francewhile atMcGill andGrenoble universities.Their older
sister Helen alsowon several CanadianAlpine Junior Championships.
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KELLIECASEY
Casey grewup skiing at Blue and theToronto Ski Club.
In1985, shemade theCanadianNational Ski Teamand
began competingWorldCup circuit andwas ranked4th
nationally indownhill. In1986 shewon theNor-Am
International. In ’87, she captured1st seed in theWorld
Cupdownhill but sustaineda serious knee injury in the
’88CalgaryOlympics. She continued to race in theWorld
Cup for several years before retiring from competition to
study veterinarymedicine.
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SKI TRAIN
The train fromToronto
toCraigleithevolved
in lockstepwithBlue's
evolution; the first "Ski
Train" randuring the '41/'42
season, theResort's first
year of operation.Return
train fairwas $1.95.The
SkiTrain ran intermittantly
through the1940s, though
interruptedwhen the
SecondWorldWarmeant
priority forwar-related
supply transport.Ahorse-
drawn sleigh, andafter the
war anarmy surplus truck,
met disembarking skiers
to transport them (cost:
25 cents) to theoriginal
lodgeat the resort's north
end.Regular train service
fromToronto toCraigleith
continueduntil 1960.
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