Gray Rocks was a year-round privately owned resort in the

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of Quebec, Canada, first developed as a ski destination on Sugarloaf Hill (). The ski hill had 22 downhill trails: four easy, ten intermediate, eight expert (of which two were "double diamond"). Also available was a snowboarding park and instruction from the Snow Eagle Ski School. First opened in 1906, the hotel closed during the

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of 2009; 70 percent of the main building was destroyed by a suspicious fire on the evening of 25 November 2014.

History

Gray Rocks was established in 1905 by George Wheeler, originally of New Hampshire. His granddaughter,

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, won the bronze medal for

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. In 1948, Réal Charette, a former World War II winter warfare instructor, became the first Canadian to be appointed a director of a ski school in Canada, the Snow Eagle Ski School at Gray Rocks. The music video for the song " De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" by English rock band

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was filmed at Grey Rocks in 1981. In warmer seasons, activities included golf with two courses, as well as boating on adjoining Lac Ouimet, swimming (in pool or lake), tennis, horseback riding, bicycling, and hiking. The resort facilities included a 105-room hotel, 56 condominium units, French cuisine restaurant, and spa. At the end of March 2009, Gray Rocks was closed as both a hotel and ski resort. Of the two golf courses, closed in 2020 after 100 years in operation; the second, , was taken over by

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. Several owners of the condos previously associated with Gray Rocks created a vacation home rental operation, Lac Ouimet Rentals, that now operates under the name .

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