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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Alex Kerr-Gillespie was born in Montréal in 1919 and moved after in the Laurentians with his family. Along with his brothers and sisters, he was going to school. That trail was later known as the “Gillespie Trail”. In 1936, he finished first in the Junior Tachereau at Mont-Tremblant. In 1940, he is the Provincial cross-country […]
Georges Vigeant was born in 1926. He became a certified instructor from the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA) in 1959. He was a CSIA level IV instructor in 1960. He was a national examiner for CSIA between 1960 and 1980. He was a member of the Canadian Interski Demonstration Team in 1965 and in 1968. […]
Nancy Holland was a member of the Canada’s National Team in 1959 and in 1964. She participated at the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. She also participated in 1962 at the World Ski Championships in Chamonix, France. She was a member of the Olympic Team in Innsbruck, Austria in 1964. In 1970, she became […]
Harry Pangman was the co-founder and the first president of the Red Birds Ski Club between 1928 and 1936. He was the winner of the Quebec-Kandahar downhill, Mont-Tremblant and the 2nd on the combined in 1932. He was finish second in the Laurentian Zone, 50 kilometers ski race in 1935. In 1938-39, he was the […]
Louis Cochand, son of Émile Cochand Senior, took part in many ski races throughout Quebec between 1925 and 1935. He participated with success in 5 Quebec-Kandahar races between 1936 and 1941. In 1937, he won the Dominion Ski Championships in Banff. He raced in Switzerland, France, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Austria, winning many championships in 1938 […]
Roger Trottier was born in 1917 in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians. He was a member of the Saint-Sauveur Sports Club, class A and a champion of all combined Quebec-Kandahar at Mont-Tremblant in 1930. He was an instructor and a director of ski schools from 1930 to 1954, both in the Laurentians and abroad. He was […]
