Eddie Hunter, a legendary Banff skier, was honored on Friday with a new chairlift named after him at Mount Norquay, a ski resort he shares the same birth year with. Hunter, who will turn 100 next year, has been skiing at the resort for nearly a century and has inspired generations of skiers, including his family.
Surrounded by cameras and a crowd of bundled-up family members, friends and admirers, a beloved Banff resident and skier was honoured on Friday at a Rocky Mountain resort that is just as iconic as he is. Eddie Hunter , a legendary Banff skier, vows he’ll never quit his passion of skiing, as Mount Norquay unveiled a new chairlift, named in his honour.
Recalling his early days of skiing, Hunter said, “there’s was no lift and no aid to your skiing when you came up — you got a ride up the road, maybe with a service truck.”But that didn’t slow him down. He had his daughters on the slopes when they were in diapers, and later his grandchildren.Legendary Banff skier Eddie Hunter will turn 100 years old next year — the same year his beloved Mount Norquay celebrates a century of skiing.
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