Mont Tremblant Resort
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Mont-Tremblant resort and pedestrian village
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 Tremblant
Location of Mont-Tremblant in Quebec
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Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
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| Nearest city | Montreal: 130 km (80 mi) |
| Coordinates | 46°12′50″N 74°35′06″W / 46.214°N 74.585°WCoordinates: 46°12′50″N 74°35′06″W / 46.214°N 74.585°W |
| Vertical | 645 m (2,116 ft) |
| Top elevation | 875 m (2,871 ft) |
| Base elevation | 230 m (755 ft) |
| Skiable area | 2.53 km2 (630 acres) |
| Runs | 96 Total - 21% - easy - 32% - difficult - 46% - more difficult |
| Longest run | 6 km (4 mi) (Nansen) |
| Lift system | 14 total 2 gondolas, 9 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets |
| Lift capacity | 27,230 skiers/hr |
| Snowfall | 395 cm (156 in) per year |
| Snowmaking | 71% |
| Website | Tremblant.ca |
Mont Tremblant Ski Resort (known as Tremblant) is a year-round resort in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, about 130 km (80 mi) northwest of Montreal. It is best known as a ski destination, but also features Lake Tremblant suitable for swimming and two golf courses in the summer months. The name of the mountain, Mont Tremblant, was derived from the Algonquin indigenous people, who called it the "trembling mountain." The summit is at an elevation of 875 metres (2,871 ft), which makes it one of the tallest peaks in the Laurentians.
The mountain and resort are part of the Mont-Tremblant National Park and are both located near the village of Mont-Tremblant.
Joseph Bondurant Ryan, an explorer from a wealthy American family from Philadelphia, came to the region prospecting gold in 1938. Accompanied by Harry Wheeler (founder of the Gray Rocks Inn in Mont Tremblant) and Lowell Thomas, the American journalist, they climbed to the summit of Mont Tremblant with skis wrapped in seal skins for traction. After an exhausting trek to the summit, it's said that Joseph Ryan vowed to transform the landscape into a world-class alpine village. Only one year later, his dream was realized. On February 12, 1939, Joeseph Ryan opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the pedestrian village today.
In its early years, Lowell Thomas, the American radio broadcaster, was an avid skier who helped popularize the resort by broadcasting shows from the site, thereby establishing the resort as a prime destination for skiers. The resort named a triple ski lift, which is located on the north mountainside, and trails after him as well as other early devotees.
Following the sudden death of Joseph Bondurant Ryan in 1950, the Mont Tremblant ski resort was operated by his wife Mary Rutherfoord Johnson Ryan until 1965, when it was sold to local Quebec entrepreneurs led by André Charron. They ran the resort until 1979, when they sold to La Société des Caisses d'Entraide Économique. They only ran the resort for four years, selling in 1983 to Louis-Pierre Lapointe, under whom the resort went into bankruptcy. In 1991, the resort was purchased by Intrawest.
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