His career started in 1943 when he became the J-Bar operator at Hill 69 in Saint-Sauveur. In 1947, Bob Crichton became director of Up Hill Ltd. Ski pioneer in the Saint-Sauveur Valley until his retirement in 1976, at the age of 70, his priorities were slopes and ski lift development. He installed the first chair […]
Founded in 1947 by Lucien Foisy, a passionate skier well-known in his area, the Club de ski Épervier had as a mission to bring skiing to everybody and to increase its practice among francophones of the Saint-Jérôme area in the Laurentians. Club de ski Épervier
Stéphane Rochon started his career at Mont Saint-Sauveur and Mont-Gabriel at the age of 12. Thanks to his ability and his passion, he rapidly became one of the best skiers on the freestyle Canadian Team. Although very agile as a solo competitor, he excelled in the duel events for which he classified second at the […]
Bob Gilmour was one of the Laurentians and Canada’s best alpine racers in the 50s and early 60s. Among his many achievements and victories, he was a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team from 1959 to 1962, member of the 1960 Canadian Olympic Team, won the Taschereau downhill race in 1953 as well as […]
Chronicler and sport journalist dedicated to ski, and long term employee of the Journal de Montréal, Mario Brisebois supported the young skiers from Quebec. Brisebois wrote about aspects of skiing from competition to ski centers, winter tourism to the protection of the skier consumer. Mario Brisebois
Jean-Luc Brassard started skiing at 7 years old. He participated in his first full-scale competition at the age of 13. He was the gold medal winner in ski moguls at the 1994 Olympics (Lillehammer, Norway). He was the World champion in mogul skiing between 1993 and 1997. He dominated the World Cup circuit for 10 […]
Murray Yeudall is a man that wore many hats during his career in the ski industry. First director of Mont-Avila Ski School in 1959, a station to which he contributed building, he also distinguished himself in many ski schools in Quebec, Canada and United States. He was very active within the Canadian Ski Instructor’s Alliance, […]
Member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team from 1985 to 1992, Alain Villiard became one of the finest slalom skiers to come out of the Laurentians. He was Canadian slalom champion four times; North American champion; 14th at the Olympics in Calgary, in 1988. His best placing on the World Cup was 8th in Slovenia; […]
The Martian Ski Club was started in the Saint-Sauveur area in the late 50s by a group of young men who shared a love of skiing mixed with the good times. The Martians had a reputation as one of the zaniest and yet one of the keenest clubs in the Laurentians. On the serious side, […]
Annie started skiing at 2 years old at Vallée Bleue. She started competing at 9 as a member of the Laurentian Zone Team where she stayed until she turned 15. At 16, she joined the Quebec team. At 17, she climbed most of the podiums of the provincial circuit and made a name for herself […]
