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 […]
Bob McLennan began ski teaching locally at Gray Rocks in 1960-61. By 1963-64, McLennan was named assistant director of the ski school. A few years later he was assistant to the great and famous Ernie McCulloch at the equally famous Mont-Tremblant ski school. He spent the summers from 1963 to 67 teaching at Mount Kosciusko […]
Founded by Champlain Provencher, the Club de ski Mont- Royal d’Amérique was the first francophone ski club in North America. In Quebec, the sport was seen as elitist and reserved for the anglophones. Despite warnings from the clergy that the club is “the enemy of family and of good values, the Club moved forward. The […]
The Circuit McDonald’s, created by Kenny Hall, allowed everyone to partcipate « for the fun of it » and at no cost. Lift tickets were offered at reduced rates for participating children and for their parents. Many partipation prizes were also given at each event. There were 18 events every year with over 3 500 […]
Claude Dumontier, a man who devoted his entire life to skiing and snowboarding. Patroller, instructor, coach and FIS technical delegate, this Laurentian native has had an exceptional career both here in Canada and all around the ski world. As FIS technical delegate he has been course inspector and controller as well as person responsible for […]
Jacques, nicknamed «Jacko», Gratton spent the greatest proportion of his professional career on his skis, first as patroller then instructor, ski school director and level IV Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance examiner. One of his greatest contributions to the promotion of Laurentian skiing was the development of numerous Tremblant racers for the National Ski Team as […]
