Keith Cormier can remember skiing with his grandfather at a cabin in Boom Siding just outside of Deer Lake. Little did he know it at the time but this was the early beginnings of what would become Marble Mountain.
At the age of four or five, Corner Brook resident Keith Cormier can remember skiing with his grandfather at a cabin in Boom Siding just outside of Deer Lake. Little did he know it at the time but this was the early beginnings of what would become Marble Mountain. Cormier says for him, it all started with the thrill of wooden skis and a rope tow back when it opened in 1961.
By 1967, a Tibar surface loft was installed in the area where the Newfie Bullet would later stand. As a teenager, Cormier can remember his mother Patricia, doing the books for the old Corner Brook Ski Club, a lady who skied well into her eighties. He started racing in 1969, now his granddaughter Emily is on the race team and his son Richard is the Manager, making it five generations of family skiers.
Meanwhile, to celebrate a new chapter in Marble Mountain’s story, Cormier was recently asked to voice a Youtube segment on the ski resort. It has since received over 184,000 views. On Bayfm with Lenny Benoit, Manager Richard Cormier says there are a lot of stories over the past thirty years. He says Marble Mountain is set to open this Thursday and so far, they’ve sold 600 more passes than last year. Marble Mountain’s opening day is earlier than it has been for the last three years.
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