Source Record 505
| Description: | Source Type} Newspaper | Family History} Olson | ||
| Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, March 26, 1985, p. 1. By Jack Jones, Times Staff Writer Mt. Baldy's ski slope restaurant burned to the ground Monday after a power failure prevented volunteer firefighters from reaching the scene by ski lift and employees were unable to extinguish the blaze with snow-making equipment. The hour-long mid-morning fire erupted in the Top of the Notch's kitchen, said Sharon Hoyle, manager of the adjacent ski rental shop and one of the dozen or so employees who were in the 5,000-square foot restaurant. No injuries were reported. Although the Top of the Notch was open for business, no customers were inside at the time. San Bernardino County Fire Department officials estimated total damage at about $1 million. Mt. Baldy Resort Operator Sought By Ruth Ryon, Times STaff Writer As Bob Olson sees it, Mt. Baldy could become the "Disneyland of the Mountains." At the very least, he figures, Mt. Baldy — at 10,064 feet in elevation, the highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountain range — could become a major destination resort. With its proximity to the large Southland population centers (it's only 45 miles from Los Angeles City Hall) and its size (800 acres designated for skiing, with first-right-of-refusal to develop 1,000 more), Mt. Baldy, also known as Old Baldy and Mt. San Antonio, could become, he says, "Southern California's premier ski resort. All it would take is money — as Olson envisions it — a single resort operator instead of the mom-and-pop opners of the handful of Baldy facilities that are there now. That's why he and other owners have joined to sell their mountain interests, which do not include the land. There are five owners of the four lodges and a number of shareholders inviolved in the ski-lift facilities, which would tie in with the sale," he explained. They will entertain offers between $8 million to $10 million. Plans Four New Lifts Pete Olson, who heads the shareholders involved with the ski facilities, said he plans to start construction next summer on the first of four new lifts, which will give the resort a total of 40 runs, including what he described as the longest vertical drop — 2,200 feet — of any ski resort in Southern California. Pete Olson, who is not related to Bob Olson, just completed a 6,000-square-foot, ski-slope restaurant to replace one that burned down in March, 1985, and he plans to install more snow-making equipment next summer. | ||||
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