Builder, alpine skiing. Originally from Great Britain, Beryl made an important contribution to the notoriety of the Laurentians and of Mont-Tremblant by creating Ski the Gap, a ski school for young British people who desired to become ski instructors during their pivotal year between high school and university. Created in 1994, Ski the Gap is […]
Builder, Nordic skiing. This resident of Morin-Heights, an engineer by training, has dedicated most of his life to cross-country skiing, as a designer and manufacturer of skis for over 10 years at the Norski and Karhu companies. He also gave his time as a volunteer to supervise, design and develop the Morin-Heights network of ski […]
Builder, downhill skiing. Serge has had a long and important career in ski resort management. In the 1970s, he was one of the artisans behind the revival of Mont Saint-Sauveur (now Les Sommets) with the Hebert and Dufour families, just to name a few. A visionary, he bought in 1988 the Mont St-Bruno located in […]
Builder, downhill skiing. This ski enthusiast has touched innumerable areas of skiing. He started as a patrolman at Mont-Tremblant, he was one of the first Canadians to spend his summers in Chile to work in the biggest ski resort at the time. He eventually created “Les Importations Edger”, a ski equipment distributor that helped many […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
At the age of 16, Joan Goodwin-Wilson left Ontario for Quebec to obtain the Level 1 Instructor certification from the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA). Enchanted by the Laurentians, she taught for three years at Mont-Tremblant and earned her CSIA certification in 1960, ranking first among women. At the age of 25, in 1962, she […]
Tom “the Atom Bomb Barbeau was, in the early 50’s, a very active racer who climbed the podium several times at the Canadian Championships. Injuries kept him away from the Olympics. Jolly, loved by everyone, Barbeau believed that everybody should love skiing! It became his motto as a ski instructor for 25 years. Inventor of […]
