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Brendan Paton
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WE Y T-K As Chief of the Shuswap Band it is my honour to welcome junior athletes and organizers from around the world to Panorama, situated on the Traditional Territories of the Secwépemc and Ktunaxa Nations and home of the Métis.
Cassidy Gray, who wears it during her practices. This is such an honour to all Indigenous Nations.
We wish you all the best of luck in your races, stay healthy and enjoy our beautiful valley.
The Shuswap Band has a close relationship with Panorama where our community has a program to teach our young ones to ski. Maybe one day, one of our youth will be able to be a professional athlete just like you. One of our community youth, Trinda Cote, designed the helmet graphics for Canadian Alpine Team athlete
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CHIEF BARB COTE Shuswap Band
WELCOME TO BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA
WELCOME TO PANORAMA As the future stars of ski racing arrive at Panorama Mountain Resort, I reflect on the incredible work to make these 2022 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships
On behalf of the Executive and Race Organizing Committee of the 2022 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, Brian Lynam and I welcome you to beautiful British Columbia. Hundreds of volunteers have given their all to make sure you have an incredible experience here at Panorama Mountain Resort. You’ll find testing race venues, fantastic snow, plenty of sunshine, and best of all, the Canadian hospitality that we’re famous for.
Our team is here for you, and we can’t wait to see you on the mountain.
a reality. A list of the people that should be recognized for their dedication to our 10-day celebration of skiing excellence would fill this guide. To each and every one of you, my sincere thanks. Please take great pride in what you’ve achieved. To athletes, teams, officials, volunteers and everyone supporting this global event, we wish you the very warmest welcome. From the day we submitted our bid to FIS we set out to put together a program very much in keeping with life at Panorama and in the Columbia Valley. Forget the hustle and bustle, we hope that outside of competition you can relax with newfound friends here in the wilds of Canada. Our View of 1000 Peaks is one for your Instagram!
MIKE IRWIN
STEVE PACCAGNAN
Chair - Race Organizing Committee
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competition is just as important as their prowess on the hill. Transitioning from childhood races at the
There’s a difference between straight lining it down a run to beat your friends to the bottom, and what World Cup level athletes do. The object is the same, but the execution is different.
local ski area, to racing on the international stage is a dramatic shift, but as the adage goes there’s more to a sport than just winning. The FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships are no exception. Although it may be the pinnacle of competition for U-21 alpine athletes, who walks away with a medal
To reach the top, it takes dedication. Countless
at the end of the day isn’t the most important part
hours spent training, with constant support from
(although it certainly doesn’t hurt). The Junior World
families, friends, supporters, and coaches. And in
Championships are a proving ground for many, whilst
an elite sport, how an athlete handles the stress of
for others they offer the education of a lifetime.
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To gain perspective and understand the part that the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships play, we reached out to ski legend Ken Read and one of the newest athletes on the World Cup circuit, Cassidy Gray. Probably best known as a member of the Crazy Canucks, Read and three other Canadians broke onto the World Cup circuit in the 1970s, becoming quickly recognizable for their gutsy style of skiing and speed on the track. Read became the first North American male to win a World Cup downhill in 1975. He has since gone on to be a broadcaster, executive and volunteer official, championing alpine skiing in Canada. A member of the FIS Alpine Committee Executive Board, and chair of both the FIS Alpine Youth Sub-Committee and FIS Youth & Children Coordinating group, Ken Read was instrumental in bringing the Junior World Championships to Canada and specifically Panorama.
I want to really bring the best out of myself, and I think that could also be somebody that’s winning World Cups. — Cassidy Gray
This will be the fourth time the event will be hosted in Canada, but it’s the first time it will be visiting the breathtaking mountains that make BC and Alberta the mecca of skiing in the country. Beyond being a world class racing facility, the experience of racing at Panorama is a unique one. With the village located a snowball’s throw from the foot of the mountain, athletes can walk out the door and right onto the competition slope. The runs themselves are competitive, regularly challenging the top athletes. With over 10 years of hosting the NOR-AM Cup annually, each track has been perfected to test the best. From Read’s standpoint, the real special thing about racing at Panorama is the setting.
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“It’s the wilderness, that people really love about Canada,”
While Gray will be on
he said when asked about what makes the resort unique.
home turf, a rarity for the
“Standing at the top of the Champagne Express looking out
athlete who just came off
at the Purcell mountains, you see it, you feel like you’re on
three months of constant
the edge of the world.”
international travel, every
Intimately familiar with that feeling is Cassidy Gray, a 20-year-old athlete who grew up at Panorama. “I started in a ski program, just so that my parents could have a little more free time on the weekends,” says Gray on her introduction to racing. “I don’t know if my parents realized how intensely I would get into it.” Gray, a self-admitted adrenaline junkie loved the combination of being outside and flying down the mountain at top speed. “Feeling all the things come together as you’re going fast and around the gates? I just love it.”
other athlete will be exploring another area of the world. Part of the allure of travelling for this event are the globetrotting experiences which will pay off when athletes reach the World Cup level. “Athletes enjoy being familiarized with these locations because their intent is to
Racing with Team Panorama, Gray has had a meteoric
move up to higher levels,
rise through the ranks of Canadian alpine skiing, now
like the World Cup. They
competing for Alpine Canada on the World Cup circuit and
know that they’ll be back,”
most recently the Beijing Olympics. Gray will be competing
says Read.
in her last Junior World Championships on her home mountain, a fact which she couldn’t be more thrilled about. “I think in Canada it’s easy to feel like racing is such another world away, happening in different time zones and places you’ve never been too, but to have it happening right in
important skill, and while
It’s the wilderness, that people really love about Canada, you see it, you feel like you’re on the edge of the world.
Gray says it can be difficult,
— Ken Read
Learning to be comfortable while on the road is an
“It makes us a lot more
our backyard makes everything so much more real. You
grateful for what we’re able
really are going to be watching the people that in five or ten
to do. We get to see all
years are going to be winning World Cups.”
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Cup level.” But for now, she’s looking forward for the unique opportunity of skiing on her home mountain and bringing world class competition to the Columbia Valley. “It’s so cool that it’s happening at Panorama,” she says. “Any of the kids watching the races can be there in a couple years. Everybody on my home team is just like me,
Equally important is learning how to handle the intensity of international competition. An event where the who’s who of the next generation of alpine racing are all in one location, and a rare occasion where both men and women are competing on the slopes at the same time, for some competitors, the Junior World Championships may be the biggest competition they’ve faced. “There are going to be athletes where
international competition,” explains
there’s no reason they can’t be
Read.
on the national team one day and
“The lows feel a lot lower when you’re away from home,” Gray says.
to be exposed to the world of
athletes to “build strength and
alpine racing, and for international
independence,” which will be crucial
athletes to see the best of
for athletes looking to continue on
Canadian racing, the event is a
the world stage.
unique opportunity for athletes
“The really interesting part about the competition is that these are our future champions,” Read says. Athletes on the slopes at Panorama
They’re learning and they’re getting
will be tomorrow’s Olympians, and
exposure to the best juniors in the
winners of the World Cup. Read
world,” says Read. “Some athletes
watched the Swiss Marco Odermatt
will stack up just fine, and some will
come up through the junior ranks,
have a real eye-opening experience.
winning his first medal before he
That’s actually a good thing, because
went to the World Cup. “All the top
they’ll realize they have to roll up their
athletes right now have all gone
sleeves and work hard.”
through the World Juniors, there’s
process can be just as important in
not very many exceptions to that.” Looking to her future, Gray says
taking them to the next level of the
her goals include being a regular
sport as their ranking.
contender on the World Cup circuit.
“Coaches look for the experience
Opening the door for Canadians
Adding that the experience allows
this is their introductory global event.
How an athlete reacts to the learning
racing in World Cups.”
“I want to really bring the best out of
the athlete absorbs, and also how
myself, and I think that could also be
they react to being exposed to
somebody that’s winning at World
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to stretch their wings and test themselves against the best their contemporaries have to offer. It’s a learning experience like no other, for their sport and themselves. “Who knows,” says Read. “Maybe 20 years from now, somebody will say I had such a great experience that I decided to come back and live here.”
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IT TAKES A VILL AGE. administrative tasks, fundraising,
says Bruce Hamstead who has
course construction, equipment
volunteered for decades and is on the
management, and officiating the race,
board of Panorama 2022. Donating
requires boots on the ground.
their own time and energy, volunteers
Panorama’s racing history goes back to 1962. Since hosting its first World
Words: Andi Endruhn Making a mountain move can seem like an impossible task, until something with enough force — like a glacier or an earthquake proves otherwise.
Cup in 1985, this area has developed a strong community of volunteers who
often commit themselves to long days of preparation and maintenance throughout the entire race. “We are very fortunate in Canada that
are the anchor of its events and have
we have a well-versed volunteer base,
earned the trust of FIS (International
which means first-class competition
Ski Federation).
without having to train a lot of people,”
“They’re the keystone of the event,”
Likewise, an event like the Junior World Championships doesn’t happen without the energy of volunteers to bring it to life. Every ski racing event from a local competition to a World Cup is only possible through the dedication and hard work of people. Everything from 14 | J U N I O R W O R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P S 2 0 2 2
says Ken Read, chair of the FIS Alpine
“It doesn’t matter if it’s a local race or a World Cup,” says Hamstead. “Sometimes they’ll just do stuff that puts a lump in your throat.” Whether it’s an 11-year-old bombing down a slalom course, or a World Cup athlete flying down the course Youth & Children Sub-Committee. The Junior World Championships are
an organizing committee that is going
at 130 km/h, while at the same time
to do a good job.”
adjusting their goggles like it’s a walk
staffed by 22 year-round volunteers
There are plenty of reasons volunteers
who have worked tirelessly to help
get involved. Some are past racers
organize the event, and during the
themselves or the parents of athletes.
event itself that number will grow
Others come to be part of ski racing
to more than 140.
history.
The devoted volunteer base that
Vice-Chair of the ROC, Maryse Dazé-
exists at Panorama is experienced, hosting the NOR-AM Cup annually, in addition to the countless other events that take place at the resort throughout the year.
Wilson, says it only takes one event to
in the park, the reward is watching an athlete perform their best.
“Seeing the athletes smile on the podium? And knowing you were 0.01% part of their success, that’s the best part.” — Maryse Dazé-Wilson
get hooked. “The culture of ski racing, the camaraderie, the great outdoors, and the passion to produce high quality safe events for athletes are
Their experience is crucial. “There is
amongst the top reasons to volunteer.
a lot of work, it takes a lot of energy to
But it’s the laughter and the love for
put up all the B-net, safety, and make
the sport that shines through all the
sure the race surface is suitable,”
work and effort that is required for
Read says. “People make a real
every single race that keeps people
effort to run the event well, and it’s
coming back.”
comforting when you know you have
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PA N O R A M A I S P U R E C A N A DA
WHAT IS C ANADA? Canada is fresh and aspirational. It continues to develop its young identity in innovative and powerful ways. So is Panorama. Canada is a collection of people, places and ideas. It is internationally renowned as a welcoming and
Canada is a vast and complex story. It is a story that can only be truly understood through experience. There is no single defining experience. Rather it is a collection of experiences that give rise to an understanding, appreciation, a desire for connection and a love for place.
approachable destination. Canada is consistently
Panorama is fortunate to possess many existing and
recognized as possessing some of the best places on the
potential experiences. But it further possesses great
planet to visit and to call home. So is Panorama.
richness through its connection to surrounding community,
Canada is a wild country. It is a mysterious connection, this juxtaposition of community comforts positioned in
its offering of activity opportunities, and the diversity of guests who choose to experience Panorama.
close proximity to the wild. Yet it is this connection that
Canada is true north, strong and free. Authentic,
gives Canada much of its character. This character is
real and honest. It is not Canada’s perfections that make
recognized, and yet few Canadians truly experienced
it alive, it is the celebration of the endeavour. Nature is
it. It is only the passionate few who discover the fresh
perfect, but Canada’s story is the true search for human’s
perspectives and persona afforded by the nation.
harmonious connection to place. That is Canada’s story. And it’s Panorama’s too.
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I may be a little bit biased in saying this, but I think Panorama is one of the best racing venues in all of Canada. The ski hill is supporting everything you’re doing. The grooming and snowmaking team are all top-notch, working towards one purpose. There aren’t many places that have that kind of unison between all the aspects of putting on a race, it’s really cool. — Cassidy Gray
What does it take to host one of the world’s biggest ski racing events?
The courses themselves have
Just like it takes an abundance of
Alpine World Championships. Summers
snowflakes to blanket a mountain, it
on the mountain were filled with widening,
takes plenty of effort, equipment and
grading, and moving earth to create
expertise to orchestrate an event of this
a track that is ready for the best. In
magnitude. The track design, summer
preparation for future events to come and
undergone upgrades, most recently the enhancements of the World Cup downhill track which was expanded for the IPC
slope preparation, snow management,
with safety as the primary objective, the
and team involved all need to be working
courses were homologated ingeniously to
in harmony. It’s a labour of love, and a
only require airbags and simple B-net.
legacy of excellence.
Yearly investments in the latest grooming
Far from the epicentre of skiing in Europe,
and snowmaking technologies have kept
the heart of Canadian alpine racing
Panorama and its operations team of
is located deep in British Columbia’s
experts at the top of their game and the
expansive wilderness along the eastern
envy of much of Canada. This season,
flank of the Purcell Mountains. At
Panorama debuted North America’s first
Panorama the peaks soar with intention,
TechnoAlpin TT10 fan guns, in addition
and the valleys are dense with pine
to adding to more fuel efficient Prinoth
forest and rushing clear creeks creating
snowcats to its fleet. Panorama has
a remarkable natural environment. The
seen more than $35-million in capital
carefully shaped slopes of a racetrack,
investment since 2014.
with its perfectly undulating rises and falls may seem like the antithesis of the rugged landscape that surrounds the resort, but since hosting its first major race in 1976, racing has become as integral to Panorama’s DNA as the landscape that makes it so special. Since that pivotal race in 1976, Panorama has been the host resort for five FIS Alpine Ski World Cups, the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup and World Championships, and an annual stop for the NOR-AM Cup for nearly 20 years. Each event has created an opportunity for the resort to expand and improve its
The unique jagged peaks and dramatic valleys where Panorama is found were created through the power and momentum of the glaciers that can still be spotted from the summit of the mountain. The same innate need to push forward is mirrored in the people at Panorama. Building and expanding off the work of the past, it’s a process that just like the glacial counterpart brings great beauty, and in this case technical excellence. Decades of ever-evolving technology, expertise and heritage are built into the courses here. What does it take to host one of the
racing infrastructure, positioning it as a
world’s biggest ski racing events? It takes
leader in North America.
a mountain.
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THIS IS PURE C ANADA .
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MEET THE TEAM: CANADIAN ROSTER FOR THE 2022 FIS ALPINE JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS Wo rds: A lp in e C ana da
C A SSIDY G R AY Birthdate:
January 25, 2001 (21 years old)
BRIT T RICHARDS O N
SAR AH BENNE T T
Birthdate:
Birthdate:
May 25, 2003 (18 years old)
Club:
Team Panorama
Team:
Canadian Alpine Ski Team
(20 years old)
Canmore, AB
Hometown:
Stoneham, QC
Club:
Calgary Alpine Racing
Club:
Club de ski Stoneham,
Club / Burke Mountain
Team:
Invermere, BC
June 17, 2001
Hometown:
Academy
Hometown:
Team:
Gray launched herself into Canadian ski racing’s elite in the 2020-2021 season when she made her World
QC
Cup debut at Kranjska Gora (SLO),
Québec Ski Team
with a 26th place finish in giant
Canadian Alpine
claiming her first World Cup points slalom. “Cass,” as she goes by,
Sarah will be competing in her
continued her stellar Team Canada
second World Junior Championships
debut season with another Top-
Richardson is in her first full
at Panorama 2022 following a
30 result in Jasna (SVK), leading
season with the Canadian Alpine
career best 18th place in the alpine
her to a 52nd rank in the World
Ski Team in 2021-2022 and the
combined at the 2020 Championships
Cup GS standings as a first-year
team’s youngest member. She made
in Norway. Bennett has established
skier. In addition to World Cup
her World Cup debut this winter,
herself as a strong, multi-discipline
results, Cassidy finished 23rd in
competing in three giant slalom
skier, making her World Cup debut
the World Championship GS in
events and earning her first World
early in December at the Lake Louise
Cortina D’Ampezzo (Italy) in 2021.
Cup points with a 22nd place at
World Cup in the Women’s super G.
This season, Gray is headed to
Kranjska Gora, SLO. On the Nor-
She earned valuable experience at
the 2022 Panorama World Junior
Am circuit, Richardson has been a
that event which she carried into
Championships fresh from her
podium contender most of the 16
subsequent competitions, including
debut Olympics in Beijing where
races she’s competed in so far this
a victory at Panorama in a Nor-Am
she competed in the giant slalom
winter, winning three races in giant
giant slalom in December. During that
but skied out of the challenging
slalom and super G and achieving
same race block at Panorama, she
course. This will be her second
two more podium results in those
was also crowned National Champion
time competing at World Juniors,
same disciplines since October.
in slalom, an improvement from
following her first appearance at
These will be her first career World
her 3rd place in slalom at the 2020
the 2020 edition in Narvik, Norway
Junior Championships.
National Championships also held at
where her best result was 20th in
Panorama.
super G.
Ski Team
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KIAR A ALE X AND ER
R APHAEL LE SSARD
É TIENNE MA ZELLIER
Birthdate:
Birthdate:
Birthdate:
September 6, 2001 (20 years old)
October 16, 2001 (20 years old)
April 3, 2001 (20 years old)
Hometown: Cochrane, Alberta
Hometown: Granby, QC
Hometown: Stoneham, QC
Club:
Club:
Bromont Ski Club, QC
Club:
Stoneham Ski Club, QC
Team:
Orsatus, France
Team:
Québec Ski Team
Sunshine Village, Alberta
Team:
Alberta Provincial Commonly known as “Raf”, this
Competing in his first-ever World
promising skier will be Team
Junior Championships, Étienne is a
Alexander, who goes by “Kiki”,
Canada’s most experienced athlete
talented four-discipline skier. Fresh off
will be competing in her first ever
at the World Junior Championships,
multiple wins in downhill and super G
World Junior Championships at
competing in his third edition of the
at FIS races in Maine, and in slalom at
Panorama in 2022. A steady podium
event. His best result at past World
Mont-Édouard in Québec, Mazellier
contender in slalom and giant
Junior Championships is 19th in
is poised to build on this momentum
slalom, Alexander stood on the
super G achieved at the 2020 World
heading into the Panorama 2022
top step at the Copper Mountain
Juniors in Norway. After climbing
World Junior Championships. On the
NOR-AM early this season and
the ranks in his native province
Nor-Am circuit, his recent career
has achieved five additional top-5
of Québec, Lessard made the
highlights include two top-ten results
results on the circuit in a mix of
leap south of the border to attend
achieved in super G at Lake Louise
slalom, giant slalom, and parallel
the prestigious Burke Mountain
and in slalom at Panorama. This past
events – all in the last three months
Academy in Vermont, USA. He has
December, he skied his best result at
of racing. To top things off, she
since joined a private European ski
the Senior National Championships
is also the most recent Canadian
racing team based in France. For
held at Panorama, finishing 6th in
national champion in giant slalom
the last two seasons, Lessard has
giant slalom.
following early season races held in
spent most of his time competing in
November at Panorama. With her
Europe and preparing for what will
string of recent wins, Alexander was
undoubtedly be a promising career
given the opportunity to make her
on the World Cup circuit. This season
World Cup debut in the slalom event
alone, he’s achieved 9 podium
at Schladming this past January.
results on the European FIS circuit
Although she did not finish the race,
in slalom, giant slalom, super G and
no doubt competing on the world
downhill between November and the
stage will prove valuable for her at
middle of February.
Team
the World Junior Championships.
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MEET THE TEAM: CANADIAN ROSTER FOR THE 2022 FIS ALPINE JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS ARIANNE FO RG E T Birthdate:
August 18, 2003 (18 years old)
Hometown: St-Jérôme / Shawbridge, QC
TAIT J O RDAN
G ERRIT VAN S O E S T
Birthdate:
Birthdate:
May 11, 2002 (19 years old)
(20 years old) Hometown: Vernon, BC
Club:
Club:
Ski Club, BC Team:
BC Alpine Ski Team
Team:
Okanagan Ski Team /
Club de compétition Belle-Neige, QC
August 9, 2001
Hometown: North Vancouver, BC Whistler Mountain
Club:
Team:
S1 Racing
Making her FIS racing debut in 2019, Forget has taken no time
Vernon Ski Club
establishing herself on the tour,
BC Alpine Ski Team
results this season alone in alpine
achieving eight top 10 Nor-Am combined, super G, slalom, and
Tait Jordan is making his World
Competing in his maiden World
giant slalom events. This February,
Junior Championships debut at
Junior Championships, van Soest
she skied to her first Nor-Am
Panorama. Best known as “Teeeej”,
has been inching closer and closer to
podium at Whiteface Mountain
Jordan will be entering the 2022
the top 10 on the Nor-Am circuit in
in New York state in the alpine
World Junior Championships with
speed events. He achieved a career
combined event with a 2nd place
a pair of career-best Nor-Am
best 11th place Nor-Am result in the
result. Before competing at the FIS
results including a 6th in super
downhill at Lake Louise this past
level, Forget was the U16 national
G achieved at Panorama and a
December. After being a forerunner
champion in giant slalom and super
10th in downhill achieved at Lake
at the Lake Louise World Cup on
G at the 2019 Canada Games.
Louise – both from races held this
multiple occasions, van Soest hopes
That same season, she was the
past December. Following in the
to transfer that experience to his
junior provincial champion on three
successful footsteps of his older
World Junior Championship debut.
occasions. To top things off, in
brother Asher (a current member
The Van Soest name is strong in
the spring of 2019, she competed
of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team),
the ski racing community with older
in the famed Whistler Cup where
Jordan’s best result at Canadian
sister Katrina having competed in
she returned home with three gold
National Championships is a 10th
her first World Cup also at Lake
medals and one silver, earning the
place in downhill in November 2020
Louise in 2021.
Nancy Greene award for the best
at Panorama.
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Canadian athlete.
JUS TINE L AM O N TAG NE
L O GAN D UNN
NATHAN RO MANIN
Birthdate:
Birthdate:
Birthdate:
October 20, 2002 (19 years old)
Hometown: St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, QC Club:
Mont-Ste-Anne, QC
Team:
Club de ski
January 18, 2001 (21 years old)
July 13, 2001 (20 years old)
Hometown: Calgary, AB
Hometown: Squamish, BC
Club:
NATC (NASA)
Club:
Team:
Alberta Alpine Ski Team
Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Team:
BC Alpine Ski Team
Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC Dunn has 3 top nine results this
Romanin has found his stride on
Making her World Junior
season on the Nor-Am circuit
the FIS circuit this season, earning
Championship debut at Panorama,
including 6th and 9th in the alpine
four wins in giant slalom and slalom
Lamontagne has been a steady
combined races at Whiteface
at races held on both sides of the
podium contender on the Nor-
Mountain in the USA in February
border including one at Panorama in
Am circuit with a total of 8 top
and 7th in slalom at Panorama
December. His career best Nor-Am
10 results this season in slalom,
in December. On the FIS circuit,
result is 15th in slalom at Panorama
giant slalom, super G, parallel and
the skier known as “Logino”, has
achieved this fall. He’s been steady
alpine combined races. Also this
had a prolific 2021-2022 season,
in the top 20 on the Nor-Am circuit in
season, she’s scored four podium
achieving 7 top 10 results including
slalom, giant slalom, super G and in
results on the FIS circuit in Quebec
4 podiums of which one was a victory
the alpine combined. Romanin was
and in New Hampshire. At the
at Panorama in slalom in December.
the U16 national champion in 2017.
Canadian National Championships
This will be Dunn’s maiden World
When not skiing,he enjoys climbing,
held in November 2021 at
Junior Championships.
biking and calculus! This has no doubt
Panorama, Lamontagne finished
contributed to his recognition as his
2nd in giant slalom and 3rd in
high school’s valedictorian!
slalom. The season before, she also podiumed at the Canadian National Championships also held in Panorama, this time coming in 2nd in slalom and 3rd in giant slalom.
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HISTORY OF SKI RACING AT P A N O R M A M O U N TA I N R E S O R T
1985 1962
1976
FIS Men’s World Cup Downhill The first of five World Cup events to be
The origins of the first organized ski race
hosted at Panorama. Installation of the
came not too long after the inception of
Champagne T-Bar, created to take racers
Panorama Ski Hill.
to the start gates.
Canadian National Shell Cup Race
1989
FIS Women’s World Cup
First major racing event. Jim Hunter
Newcomer Petra Kronberger (Austria)
(1st), Ken Read (2nd), and Dave
won her first World Cup. She would
Murray (3rd) from the Crazy Canucks
go on to be the first woman to win a
claimed the podium.
World Cup in every discipline.
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2007
FIS Women’s World Cup Races were televised the same day as the men’s races from Lake Louise.
2012
NOR-AM Cup Panorama became a regular stop on
2014 2015
IPC World Cup
IPC World Championships Tracks were widened and improved.
the NOR-AM circuit.
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