Recreational Archives | Page 5 of 5 | Gold Mining to Gold Medals: A Century of Ski Racing in Rossland

Granite Chair 1965

The Granite Chair was a significant undertaking for the RMSC. Built in 1965, the lift started at the lodge and went to the top of Granite Mountain. It […]

Trail Ski Club Patch

Trail Ski Club Patch, circa 1934-1948.

Red Chair Installation

Installing the first chairlift on Red Mountain in 1947.

Red Mountain Ski Club Members

Left to right: Jack Mitchell, unknown, unknown, Ira Page, unknown, Bob Van, unknown, unknown, Jim Douglas. Mitchell, Page, and Douglas were a part of RMSC’s first executive committee

Rossland Ski Club Dance

Dancing during a Club Party at the Rossland Ski Club ski hill.

Rossland Ski Club

Rossland Ski Club. Back row left to right: Dan McNaughton, Islay Terhune, Daris Jerzick, Hinslin Churchill, Bob Hammy, Gordon Lynn, Lester Brown, Harry O’Reilley, Stewart Jameson. Front row […]

Rossland Ski Club Patch

Rossland Ski Club Patch, circa 1933-1948.

Jeldness Cup

Jeldness Cup for the Rossland Winter Carnival Ski Jumping Championships Canada, 1908 As per the Winter Carnival ski-jumping rules, if a person won the competition for three consecutive […]

Olaus Jeldness

Born on October 1, 1856, in Stangvik, Norway, Olaus Nilsen Jeldness came to Rossland in 1894. He made his fortune by selling three mine claims to investors at […]