Mont Christie

John Elder, who was born in 1984, made his home at Mont Christie. In 1945 - as skiing was becoming more and more popular - he rented the slopes to Ernie Axford who installed a rope tow. Three years later John Elder and his sons took over the ski operation.

By 1963 Mont Christie had five T-bars, and in 1967 invented a lift called the Snow-Tram. This was essentially a sled pulled by a cable powered by a diesel motor and equipped with a speed control, brake and steering mechanism. The unusual lift could carry 12 people up the hill at a time and operated until 1970.

Mont Christie closed in the early 1990s and is now being developed as a residential area.