Roger McCarthy

Ex Mont Tremblant GM and Intrawest regional VP he was the man chosen by Intrawest to rebuild the Laurentians’ most important resort. The result was such that Mon-Tremblant was chosen “best ski resort in the East” for over 10 consecutive years. Roger McCarthy

John Fry

This Canadian, born in Montreal in 1930, became one of the world’s eminent ski journalists. He was at one time or another editor of Ski and Skiing magazines as well as the trade publication Ski Business. He was hired to create a then new and innovative magazine, Snow Country. Since 1954 he has published more […]

Jasey-Jay Jay-Jay Anderson

Born in Val-Morin and now residing in the Mont-Tremblant region Anderson is Canada’s most decorated snowboarder having achieved a World Championship gold medal in all 3 slalom events over his career, and an Olympic gold medal in parallel GS at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. Anderson is also a five-time Olympic athlete, having represented Canada in the 1998 […]

Biff et Bev* Waldorf

Bev (1935-) and Biff Waldorf (1929-2011) are among those whose entire lives revolved around skiing. While neither has ever had an elite racing career or a paying job related to skiing, both spent countless hours skiing, training for skiing, racing true amateur style, raising a generation. The spent countless hours volunteering to help various ski […]

Paul Lalonde*

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 […]

Jacques G. Hébert*

Jacques G. Hébert (1936-2006) dedicated his professional life to the leisure industry in Québec. Visionary and entrepreneur he, without a doubt, became one of the predominent figures and pioneer of the modern ski industry in Quebec. An avid sportsman and ski instructor during his studies, he become more interested in the ski industry in 1970 […]

Jean Carpentier

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 […]

Chris Blanchard

Chris Blanchard, nordic skiing athlete (1971-)’s international career spanned a decade from 1988 when he was a forerunner at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary to 1998 when he competed for Canada at the Nagano Olympics in Japan. For 26 years Chris devoted a major part of his life to skiing and was a […]

Robert Bobby Butler

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 […]

Mimi Séguin

Mimi Séguin was an elite skier who skied with the best skiers of her time, including Lucile Wheeler, Ann Heggtveit, Joanne Hewson and Gigi Seguin (her sister). After she was injured, she put her carreer on pause and continued to follow, on her own, her colleagues and friends to give them technical, psychological and logistical […]