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Parc du Mont-Comi
Quebec
Mont-Comi Park began operations on January 17th 1973. Before beginning, there were many steps taken to establish a corporation, in 1967 by a group of promotors in the area. A popular campaign for subsciption made it possible to raise the necessary money to buy land and to make the first runs on the mountain whose original name was "Mont-Camille".
As there wasn't enough money available to buy the equipement to maintain the runs, they asked snow mobilests to "groom" the runs with tree trunks. As it was more or less efficient, they borrowed $ 3,500 to buy a "Muskeg" to groom the runs with a tractor.
In 1972, they installed the first mechanic t-bar lift for the 4 beginner runs. In the autumn of 1973 they installed the first chair lift and five new runs were made.
In its first year of operation in 1973, Mont-Comi Park was operating with a budget of approximatly $ 85,000 and 6 employees. At that time a lift ticket cost $ 2.50 for adults and $ 1.50 for students. The budget of operation had an imporatant growth of up to more than 1,3 million during the 80's.
One of the objectives for Mont-Comi Park was to offer accesibility to their equipement and services all year round. In the summer of 1975 they started the camp 'Soleil et Verdure'. The presence of the camp created many infrastructures (dormitory and chalet) were built and were subsidized because of the camp.
Through the years , many employees and numerous volunteers contributed to the development of Mont-Comi Park. In fact , the second general manager (1985-1989) Mr. Guy Desrosiers, is now the general manager of Mont-Ste-Anne.
Second Wind
In May of 1998, the corporation of Mont-Comi Park went bankrupt due to accumulated debts. The mountain was bought by Mr. Denis Roussel and his brothers in September of 1998. Mr . Roussel has worked at Mont-Comi Park since the age of 15. He has gone from lift operator to manager of operations for the mountain. He was born and raised at the base of the mountain. The land around the mountain was owned by his father Xavier Roussel. For the love of the mountain, he gave it, its second wind.
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