The name “Weider” will live as long as the Blue Mountain because that escarpment west of Collingwood will remain as a natural monument to Jozo Weider.

A former European ski champion, Jozo came to Collingwood from his native Czechoslovakia in 1940 as a ski instructor and manager of an area preliminarily developed but he Collingwood Ski Club.

He remained to mould this raw escarpment into a ski empire that is still growing
and will continue to grow with the passing years.

Bestowed with a remarkable sense of vision, perseverance in the face of adversity and narrow minded opposition, and a rugged physique, he literally stamped Collingwood on the map as a ski symbol.

Jozo Weider brought international skiing to Collingwood, and he constructed the facilities which made the Collingwood ski area equal in challenges to areas which had far greater natural potential.

There is no question, Jozo is rightfully the first of many Collingwood skiers to follow into the Sports Hall of Fame.

Jozo Weider – builder, promoter, athlete, artist, patron of the arts and dedicated citizen-he deserves a special niche in Collingwood Sports Hall of Fame.