Sommet Saint-Sauveur () (previously Mont Saint-Sauveur), commonly Saint-Sauveur, is a
ski mountain and resort located in
Saint-Sauveur, Quebec
Saint-Sauveur () is a town and municipality within the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is in the administrative region of Laurentides in the Laurentian Mountains, located about 60 kilometres north of Montreal. ...
, 45 minutes north of
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada, in the
Laurentian Mountains
The Laurentian Mountains, also known as the Laurentians or Laurentides, are a mountain range in Canada. The range is long and ranges in height from with peaks over . The Laurentian Mountains extend across Labrador and Quebec within the Laurent ...
.
History
Considered the home of Quebec's ski industry, it was here that in 1934, an American named Fred Pabst installed the first ski lift on Hill 70 which rapidly became one of the most popular ski destinations in eastern
North America
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. Eleven years later, a group of businessmen joined with Victor Nymark to form UPHILL LTD. to further develop the site. In 1948, a T-bar, imported from Austria, was installed on Hill 71. Ski lifts on Hills 67 to 72 were installed throughout the following years.
At that time, the site was divided into different lots with different owners. It was not until 1970 that efforts were started to unite the different lots under a common organization under the direction of Jacques G. Hébert. Jacques succeeded in convincing the owners to sell part of their interests to the ski centre. The gradual acquiring of the different lots was finally achieved and in just a few years, the company changed from being a renter to being an owner. Thus, in 1972, Mont Saint-Sauveur resort was born.
During the summer, the park operates as an aquatic theme park.
Sommet Saint-Sauveur is home to Canada's first
high-speed six pack chairlift with heated seats. In a $4.7 million investment, in 2019, the « Sommet Express » lift replaced a 1985-built high-speed quadruple lift.
Description
Sommet Saint-Sauveur is known for its world class night skiing and Quebec's longest ski season, with more than 160 days of operation.
The mountain
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Sommet Saint-Sauveur's snow school program is Quebec's most decorated ski school, « Having won numerous prestigious awards in the ski industry
See also
* MSSI-Mont Saint-Sauveur International
* List of ski areas and resorts in Canada
This is a list of ski areas and resorts in Canada.
Alberta
*Banff Sunshine, Banff
* Canmore Nordic Centre (1988 Winter Olympics Nordic and biathlon events)
* Canyon Ski Area, Red Deer
* Castle Mountain Resort, Pincher Creek
* Eastlink Park ...
References
https://www.sommets.com/
External links
Sommet Saint-Sauveur official website
{{Ski areas and resorts in Quebec
Ski areas and resorts in Quebec
Geography of Laurentides
Tourist attractions in Laurentides