The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the group Les Sommets, Louis Dufour, died on Saturday.
The organization responsible for several ski hills in the Laurentians confirmed the news by posting a press release on its Twitter account.
“Happy to want to move people in a healthy environment, Louis Dufour was present at all times, looking again and again towards the future and leaving an undeniable mark in the world of skiing”, can we read in the press release .
“Les Sommets was fortunate to have had 50 years of passion and love for skiing in the person of Louis Dufour. Deeply saddened, management and employees support Mr. Dufour’s family in this difficult ordeal. They can be assured of the support of all of us in the pursuit of his work.”
It was in 1971 that he joined the Mont-Saint-Sauveur marketing team to develop the ski center there and make it what it is today, a business model. for several other stations in Quebec.
He was even part of the national ski team, in addition to being inducted into the Laurentian Ski Hall of Fame in 1994.
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