Educational Archives | Gold Mining to Gold Medals: A Century of Ski Racing in Rossland

Grey Mountain Grind

Racers at the start of the Grey Mountain Grind, early 1940s.

Magic Ingredients Video

Transcript: [Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre logo on a white screen] Libby Martin: One of the things about Red Mountain is the accessibility. It has a lot to do […]

Coaching Video

Transcript: [Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre logo on a white screen] Butch Boutry: I think what you have to do is see inside each of your athletes. You gotta […]

The Wood, the Wax, and the Schussing Video

Transcript: [Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre logo on a white screen] Ruth Grubisic: Old hickory skis you got from Eaton’s catalogue, which we were told later by ski […]

The World Cup Comes to Rossland Video

Transcript: [Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre logo on a white screen] Robin Valentine: We did the Canadian championships many years slalom, GS, Super G, Downhill. The downhill was […]

Granite Mountain Development Video

Transcript: [Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre logo on a white screen] Patricia Stevens: Bill was the president of the ski club at the time. [Black and white photo […]

Cultivating Talented Young RMSC Skiers Video

Transcript: [Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre logo on a white screen] Libby Martin: There has been a ski school at Red Mountain going back to when the – […]

Introduction Video

Transcript: [Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre logo on a white screen] Al Fisher: Skiing was my whole lifestyle. Ruth Grubisic: Everybody in Rossland waited for snow and would ski […]

Patricia Stevens

Patricia Stevens moved to Rossland with her husband, Bill, in 1961. Bill Stevens was born and raised in Rossland and had a significant influence on the local ski […]

Sean Valentine

Sean Valentine was born in Nakusp, BC in 1972. He began skiing at the age of 2 with his parents, Robin and Flori, and chasing after his older […]

Nancy Greene Raine

Nancy Greene Raine (nee Nancy Greene) is one of the best-known names in Canadian skiing. She was born in Ottawa but grew up in Rossland. She skied regularly […]

Butch Boutry

Butch Boutry was born and raised in Rossland. He was a Red Mountain Ski Team member from 1954-64 and Canadian National Ski Team member from 1959-63. He was […]