To limit emissions and control odours, the surface of the site was equipped with an array of passive candlestick gas flares.
Metro would design the facility and manage disbursements from the trust account; Scarborough would lease the property as of 1978, undertake construction, and assume any excess costs.
Metro undertook preliminary work on the ski facility into the early 1990s before abandoning the project.
The former landfill site, now vegetated with wooded and grassland areas, is accessible by Zoo Road past the CN rail crossing.
Before the park opened, hikers could not access the landfill, as it was under redevelopment as a natural area parkland.