In the early 50s, Gigi Séguin made a good impression on the local and North American scene. In 1954, she was among the top 10 skiers in the world in slalom, giant slalom and downhill. As a member of the National Ski Team from 1955 until 1958, she participated in the 1956 Olympics at Cortina […]
Pat Ramage worked tirelessly on the development of all snow sports for almost 50 years. She was particularly associated with alpine racing and biathlon. She worked more than 40 years as volunteer with the Canadian Ski Association, Biathlon Canada, the FIS, the Canadian Olympic Association and the Canadian Modern Pentathlon Association. She was a woman […]
In addition to initiating their six children to skiing and competition in the Laurentians, Marie and Raymond Laframboise were, for over 40 years, builders and volunteers for competition, development, organisation and fundraising at Mont-Gabriel ski club, Ski Québec and Ski Canada. Raymond was at one time president of Laurentian Zone, vice-president of Ski Quebec and […]
Marc Bégin was 5 years old when he skied for the 1st time on Mount-Royal. Member of the CSIA since 1948 and examiner level IV since 1964, Bégin was also an examiner for the CSIA for 13 years. At the time of his induction in 2005, he was still, at 78 years old, a ski […]
Bernard Peissard is well known in ski racing circles. He has coached in Alberta, on the Gatineau Hills North of Ottawa, in the Eastern Townships and the Laurentians. He coached the Quebec ski team and, since 1994, he has been head coach of the Mont-Tremblant Ski Club. Born in Switzerland, Bernard is a remarkably motivating […]
The Snow Eagle Ski School has a distinguished history of excellence recognized throughout North America. It was consistently called “the best on the continent. The quality of its instruction and instructors, particularly under Réal Charette’s tenure as director in the late 40s and through four decades, has been second to none. There is a saying […]
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 […]
