Man charged after alleged break-in at Elliot Lake ski hill

An exterior photo of the fully-serviced chalet at the Mt. Dufour Ski Area in Elliot Lake, Ont., in January 2024. (File photo/City of Elliot Lake)

A 36-year-old Elliot Lake man faces criminal charges after Ontario Provincial Police arrested him for allegedly breaking into the chalet at Mt. Dufour Ski Area, a local community-run non-profit ski hill.

OPP responded to an activated alarm at the facility on Ski Hill Road around 1:30 a.m. on May 24.

Mt. Dufour Ski Area operates a full-service chalet with a licensed lounge, rental equipment, and a canteen that serves meals to support the hill’s operations.

“A smashed rear window was observed and alarm motion determined movement in the kitchen area of the chalet,” police said in a news release.

Officers located the allegedly intoxicated man inside the canteen’s kitchen area, they said he was “helping himself to food.”

The accused was charged with break-and-enter with intent to commit an indictable offence and mischief.

He is scheduled to appear in court on July 10.