Yves LaRoche is a member of one of Quebec’s most prominent ski families. Guy and Suzanne LaRoche had seven children, five of which have competed on various World Cup circuits. One can almost say the LaRoche are born with skis. The family home in Lac-Beauport is located up against the slopes of Mont-Saint-Castin. This is […]
Owner and operator with his wife Louise of the Far Hills Inn in Val-Morin since 1971, David Pemberton-Smith was a visionary who introduced to the Laurentians a model for an integrated and complete cross-country resort. He was first in the region to mechanically groom and track-set trails as he added to the historical Maple Leaf, […]
Founded shortly before World War II, the McGill Outing Club (MOC) is one of the oldest continuously running clubs of McGill University. Several hundred students join every year and share an interest in outdoor activities including skiing, rock climbing, hiking, cycling, canoeing and horseback riding. The MOC rented houses in Shawbridge in the 40s before […]
Joanne Hewson-Rees Began skiing at 3 on Mount-Royal. From 1948-51, she skied on the McGill University ski team. In 1952, she was part of the first complete women’s ski team ever sent to the Olympics by Canada. She became one of two first females “certified” ski instructors by the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance at Tremblant […]
In 1959, Robert Fugère raced with the Club Épervier. In 1961, he won the downhill event at the Canadian Championships. In 1962, he joined the National Team but an injury forced him to stop competing. He returned in 1963 but hurt himself again and he had to give up the Olympics. In 1966, he tried […]
John Fripp was a winner of the Open Class of the Quebec-Kandahar at Mont-Tremblant in the season 1939-40 and in 1946-47. He won the Canadian and the Eastern Canadian Championships in 1939. He won the Alta Cup in Utah and the Ryan Cup at Mont-Tremblant in 1946. He won the open class downhill and combined […]
Myrtle Cook was a pioneer ski journalist and covered skiing competitions and the ski scene generally for more than 39 years, from 1929 to 1967. A former track and field star she won over 90 Championship medals including an Olympic Gold medal in the women’s 400 metre relay at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Myrtle […]
Well known in the ski world, Bernard Trottier was an instructor, a director but mainly a businessman in the ski industry. Talented in the commerce field, he became, thanks to his success, one of the most important philanthropists of all ski disciplines: alpine, cross country, freestyle and skiing for the disabled. Founding president of the […]
In 1951, the Père Marcel de la Sablonnière co-founded the Club de ski de l’Immaculée-Conception. In 1962, he opened the Auberge du P’tit-Bonheur at Lac Quenouilles, now a 1,700 acre estate with 45 kilometres of crosscountry ski trails. The year after, he created the first Montreal ski show “Salon Ski pour Tous”. In the late […]
One of 10 children, Rémi Cloutier is the son of a pioneer ski manufacturer and a fifth generation resident of the Laurentians. In 1948, he won the Canadian Junior Downhill Championships in Banff. That year he was named alternate to Canada’s Olympic Alpine Team. It is however his involvement as builder that has drawn the […]
