Destinations & day trips · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
London, Ontario to Blue Mountain by car is about 270 kilometres and three and a quarter hours - the 401 east to the Hanlon or Highway 6 north through Guelph and Fergus, Highway 10 or 24 north through Orangeville or Shelburne to Grey County, and Highway 26 east along Georgian Bay to the village at the mountain's foot - and LondonLimo.net quotes the run rather than fixing it on the engine, typically in the band of $480-580 plus HST one way for an executive SUV with the ski rack and four sets of skis, $620-740 for a Sprinter with a family's or a group's gear, and $400-480 for a business sedan for a couple with the boots in the trunk, with the gratuity inside and the Friday-evening departure through the Grey County snowbelt driven by someone who does it every winter weekend. The Blue Mountain Village's hotels take the drop at the ski-in door, Collingwood's downtown and the Scandinave spa are ten minutes away, and the summer's mountain-biking and the bay's beaches are the same run in July; the destinations page has the nearer runs, and this article is the ski weekend, skis in the back.
The weekend, in a table
| Leg | When | Where | The chauffeur's note |
|---|---|---|---|
| The departure | Friday 4 p.m., or Saturday 6 a.m. | The London door with the skis on the rack | The Friday evening through the snowbelt in the dark; the Saturday dawn in the light |
| The route | 3 h 15 | The 401, the Hanlon or Highway 6, Highway 10 or 24, Highway 26 | The Hockley Valley's hills; the Pretty River Valley's descent to the bay |
| The drop | Friday 7:30 p.m. | The Blue Mountain Village's hotel, or a chalet on the mountain's roads | The ski-in door; the chalet's lane ploughed or not |
| The weekend | Saturday and Sunday | The lifts from 8:30; the village's restaurants; Collingwood's downtown; the Scandinave spa | The chauffeur returns to London, or stays by the day for a group |
| The return | Sunday 4 p.m. | The village to the London door | The 26 and the 10 at dusk; home by 7:30 |
| The summer version | July and August | The mountain-biking, the Ridge Runner coaster, Wasaga Beach and the bay | The same run in the light |
LondonLimo.net's quote covers the run, the gear and the return; the Blue Mountain site has the lifts, the village and the season.
The route, in detail
The 401 east to Exit 295 and the Hanlon north through Guelph to Highway 6, the 6 north through Fergus to Highway 10 at Arthur or the 24 through Erin and Caledon to Orangeville, the 10 north through Shelburne and the Dundalk highlands to Flesherton and Markdale, and the 26 or the county roads east through the Pretty River Valley's descent to Collingwood and the village; three and a quarter hours in the light and three and three-quarters on a Friday evening in a squall; the Guelph article has the Hanlon and the Ontario 511 site the 10's conditions.
The gear, and the vehicle
Four sets of skis or boards on the SUV's rack, four pairs of boots and four bags in the cargo, the helmets and the poles between; a family of six or a group of ten in the Sprinter with the gear in the back and the racks fitted; a couple in the sedan with the boots in the trunk and the skis rented at the village; the fleet page is honest about what fits and the desk fits the racks the evening before.
The village, and the chalets
The Blue Mountain Village's hotels at the mountain's foot with the ski-in doors and the porte-cocheres, the village's restaurants and the plaza's rink; the chalets on the mountain's roads and the Grey County concessions with lanes that are ploughed or not, which the desk asks about at booking; the travel desk books the hotel with the lift tickets on one file.
Collingwood, and the spa
Collingwood's downtown on Hurontario Street with the shops and the restaurants ten minutes from the village, the Scandinave spa's outdoor baths in the woods at the mountain's north end, and the harbour; a couple's Saturday afternoon at the spa is a run the village's own taxis cover or the chauffeur who stays by the day for a group.
The winter roads, honestly
Highway 10 through Shelburne and Dundalk crosses the Grey County snowbelt where the squalls off Georgian Bay close the road a few times a winter, the Hockley Valley's and the Pretty River Valley's hills ice, and the 26 along the bay drifts; the chauffeur drives it every winter weekend on winter tires, leaves the Friday departure at 4 rather than 6, and the desk moves the return if the Ontario 511 cameras show a closure; the winter article has the rules.
The summer run
The mountain's lifts for the mountain-biking, the Ridge Runner coaster, the village's plaza, Wasaga Beach's sand twenty minutes east and the bay's water at Collingwood's harbour; the same run in July in the light with the bicycles on the rack instead of the skis, and the Grand Bend article has the closer beach.
The group's weekend
Ten friends or a company's team in the Sprinter with the gear, the village's chalet booked through the travel desk, the chauffeur who stays by the day for the runs between the chalet, the lifts, Collingwood and the spa, and the return on Sunday; the group transportation page has the manifest and the corporate page the account for a company's ski weekend.
The Friday-evening departure, honestly
A 4 p.m. Friday departure from London reaches the village at 7:30 in the light's last hour in January; a 6 p.m. departure reaches it at 9:30 through the snowbelt in the dark and the desk's advice is the 4 or the Saturday dawn; the Toronto article has the 401's Friday for the first hour.
Three ski weekends, as they went
A family of six, a January weekend. Byron at 4 on Friday in the Sprinter with the gear, the village's ski-in door at 7:25, the return on Sunday at 4, home at 7:20. Two quoted fares.
A couple, a February Saturday to Monday. Old North at 6 a.m. in the sedan, the village at 9:10, the spa on Sunday, the return on Monday at 2. Two quoted fares and the travel desk's hotel.
A company's team of ten, a March weekend. The office at 3 on Friday in the Sprinter, a chalet on the mountain's road, the chauffeur by the day on Saturday, the return on Sunday at 3. On the corporate account.
Booking it
The ski weekend is one email or call to the desk with the dates, the numbers, the gear, the hotel or the chalet and the departure time; a written quote follows within a working day; the hourly page has the chauffeur by the day.
Three questions the desk is asked about Blue Mountain
Can we rent skis at the village instead? Yes - the village's rental shops fit the family in the morning, and a couple in the sedan with the boots in the trunk skips the rack; the Blue Mountain site has the rentals.
Can we stop in Collingwood on the way? Yes - the 26 runs through Collingwood's edge and a grocery stop for the chalet is inside the quote; a longer stop is the hourly rate.
Is there a bus? The organised ski buses run from Toronto and not from London; the bus trips article has the coach for a group of twenty-four; the FAQ has the rest.
The 401 and the Hanlon, in detail
The 401 east past Woodstock and the Cambridge interchange to Exit 295 and the Hanlon north through Guelph's west side to Highway 6, or the 401 to Exit 299 and Highway 6 through Guelph's downtown; the Hanlon's lights and Guelph's Woodlawn Road junction, and the 6 north through Fergus; the Guelph article has the Hanlon.
Highway 10 and the 24, in detail
The 6 to Arthur and Highway 10's start, or the 24 through Erin and Caledon to Orangeville and the 10 north from there; the 10 through Shelburne, the Dundalk highlands' flat and the snowbelt's worst stretch, Flesherton's junction and Markdale, and the 26's or the county road's turn east at Chatsworth or Owen Sound's road; the Ontario 511 site has the 10's cameras and the desk watches them the evening before.
The 26 and the Pretty River Valley, in detail
Highway 26 east from the 10's junction along the escarpment's foot through Duntroon or the county road down the Pretty River Valley's hills to Collingwood's south edge, and the 26 west along the bay to the village's road at Blue Mountain; the valley's hills ice first and the bay's stretch drifts, and the chauffeur takes the 26's flatter line in a squall.
The gear, in detail
Four sets of skis or boards on the SUV's roof rack fitted the evening before, the boots, the helmets and the bags in the cargo, the poles between; a family's six sets and the children's sleds in the Sprinter's back with the racks; a group's ten sets in the Sprinter with the bays; the fleet page has the cargo and the desk asks the count at booking.
The village and the chalets, in detail
The Blue Mountain Village's hotels at the mountain's foot - the Westin, the Mosaic, the Grand Georgian, the village's condos - with the porte-cocheres and the ski-in doors, the plaza's rink and the restaurants; the chalets on the mountain's roads off the 19th Sideroad and the Grey County concessions with lanes the desk asks about; the travel desk books the hotel with the lift tickets.
Collingwood and the spa, in detail
Collingwood's Hurontario Street with the shops, the restaurants and the Gayety Theatre ten minutes from the village, the Scandinave spa's outdoor baths and saunas in the woods on the mountain's north side with a booking the travel desk makes, and the harbour's terminals; a couple's Saturday afternoon at the spa by the village's taxis or the chauffeur who stays for a group.
The summer run, in detail
The mountain's chairlift for the mountain-biking trails and the Ridge Runner coaster, the village's plaza and the pool, Wasaga Beach's sand and the bay's water at Collingwood's harbour, the Scenic Caves' walk on the escarpment; the same run in July with the bicycles on the rack, and the Grand Bend article has the closer beach.
The group's weekend, in detail
Ten in the Sprinter with the gear, a chalet on the mountain's road through the travel desk, the chauffeur who stays by the day at the hourly page's rate for the runs between the chalet, the lifts, Collingwood and the spa, and the return on Sunday; the group transportation page has the manifest and the corporate page the account.
Booking checklist for the ski weekend
The dates; the numbers; the gear's count; the hotel or the chalet and its lane; the departure time; the return time; the chauffeur's stay or not; the card. Eight lines to the desk and the written quote comes back within a working day.
The honest summary
Three and a quarter hours through the snowbelt to the village at the mountain's foot, quoted rather than fixed, with the skis on the rack and the Friday departure at 4; the destinations page has the nearer runs and the hourly page the chauffeur by the day.
