IInstructor, builder, fond of alpine and cross-country skiing, Paul Lalonde (1917-1984) had a mission, to revive cross-country trails too often invaded by Nature and, where necesary, to develop new ones. Lalonde’s skiing career is associated for the greater part to the slopes of La Marquise in Saint-Sauveur, to ski teaching as well as the preservation […]
Athlete, instructor and builder in alpine skiing, Jean Carpentier (1940-) began skiing in early in the 50’. In 1958-59, he began working as ski patroller at Mont Tremblant. He was also a very competitive skier in the Laurentian Zone, as well in the other parts of Quebec where he regularly figured well skiing with the […]
Ski instructor and coach, Robert «Bobby» Butler (1944-) spent his whole life on skis. His career, spanning from 1956 to 2014, was spent in 4 distinct chapters : Ski coach for the national level (1968 1971), competitor (1971-1974), business man and Ski instructor (1974-2014). Now, Butler is driven by the same passion for his […]
Michel Marcoux was a coach, a builder and a manager of the alpine skiing. He worked at differents levels in many skiing’s organisation including the management of « Club de ski Mont-Tremblant. He was at the head of many internationals events. He was also the president of Ski Quebec. Michel Marcoux
Native of Laurentians, Alexandre Bilodeau was a double gold medal of Olympics (Vancouver and Sochi) in acrobatic skiing-moguls. His gold medal was historic because it was the first gold medal won (in all sports) by the Canada at the Vancouver Games. By his victorys in World Cup, in Olympics Games and in World Championnships, Alexandre […]
Resident of Val David in the Laurentians, Gilles Parent was the founder of the Association des stations de ski de fond du Québec . He is, rare fear for a Canadian, certified mountain guide in Swiss, Europe. He wrote and produced two tv shows about skiing and Alps Mountains: La grande aventure du ski and Les […]
A Laurentian family dedicated to skiing, Aubrey and Joan led the way to developing elite ski racing as a way of life for many Laurentian ski families. Both were “compulsive volunteers on the ski-racing circuit, working for over 40 years in the Laurentians and raising a family of skiers. This “total involvement eventually evolved towards […]
Born in Toronto in 1958, Greg Koegl moved to Montreal from Toronto in 1982 to pursue business studies at McGill University. He served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Ski Marathon from 2005 to 2011 and as President between 2007 and 2011. Now a permanent bib Gold Coureur des Bois cross-country skier (obtained […]
Joe and Mary Ryan’s contribution to the world of skinng was the development of Mont-Tremblant in the Laurentians. Joseph « Joe » Ryan buy the mountain from Quebec in 1937. In 1939, he opened his resort. All this was done in a remarkably short period of time and the resort quickly establishing a world-wide reputation […]
Alain Cousineau is one of several Laurentian athletes who have left their mark on skiing not only in their region of origin but also on the national and international levels. In the early 70s he is invited to join the Laurentian Zone Team, progresses rapidly to the Quebec Team then to the Canadian Team where […]
