Tourist Office

Ski Mont Orford
4380, Chemin du Parc
Magog
Québec
Canada
J1X 7A2

Telephone: (819) 8436548
Email: info@orford.com
Website: www.mt-orford.com

Description

A year-round multi-sports and leisure centre which in winter is based around Village Mont Orford which has high calibre ski-in accommodation options. The town of Magog (10 minutes drive) contains many more facilities.

Review

Mont Orford is located in the beautiful Eastern Township region of Quebec, close to the US border. One of the first important ski areas in Canada, it evolved slowly until the mid 1980s where some major developments were completed. At that time the main face of the mountain changed completely, with a brand new side added.

Today only the Mt Alfred Desrochers sector remains quiet. In 2003 another major change occured when old double chairs on the main mountain were replaced by a new hybrid high speed lift to reach the summit from the base lodge in justt four and a half minutes. The lift, which includes alternating gondola cabins and six-seater chairs, is the first of its type in North America.

keywords

Mont Orford, Magog-Orford, Québec, Canada, Ski the Eastern Townships, Al Des Roches, Mont Giroux, Mont Orford Provincial Park

Quebec's Mont Orford has been losing money for years.

The assets and operating rights of Mont Orford ski area in Quebec are on sale for one Canadian Dollar to anyone who wants to take over running the resort.

For the symbolic price of $1, the buyer gets buildings, chairlifts and other equipment needed to run the ski centre, but the catch is that the new owner must firstly agree to run the currently heavy loss making ski hill and golf course until at least 2015, and place a $4-million (€2.92m) deposit to guarantee they’re serious.

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