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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

Ski Jacket

Red Mountain Ski Club Member Ski Jacket. The patches down the sleeve identify the skier’s RMSC member status for the ski season.

Grey Mountain Grind Map

Route of the Grey Mountain Grind, drawn February 10, 1946. The RMDC acknowledges that the names “Indian Flats” (the area between Red Mountain and Granite Mountain) and “Squaw […]

Grey Mountain Grind Memories

[Ira McAulay] Well no, I think the only thing competition was the Grey Mountain Grind. That was a competition there was Rossland men in that and Trail fellas skiing […]

Ches Edwards

Born January 19, 1910, Ches Edwards started skiing at a young age. At five years old, he became interested in ski-jumping after watching a group of Norwegians perform […]

Rossland Ski Club Jump Hill

Rossland Ski Club Jump Hill, circa February 1937. Jumping continued to be a major spectacle for locals until the 1950s. On December 6, 1934, the Rossland Ski Club (RSC) […]

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.

Ski Jump on Monte Cristo Mountain

Ski Jump on Monte Cristo Mountain, circa 1904.

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 […]