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and Hunter Wright of Eldora Mountain, Colo., its 2025 Hero of Sustainability. Boreal Mountain , Calif., was awarded the Conversion Cup. Former NSAA president and CEO and Mount Snow GM Kelly Pawlak was honored with the 2025 Ski Vermont Industry Achievement Award. The Ski NH Lifetime Achievement Award went to the Peabody family , hon- oring their legacy at Cannon Mountain. The Quebec Ski Areas Association honored Claude Péloquin , Bromont executive vice president and former ASSQ general manager, with the Réal Boulanger Award; the Young Leader Award went to Mont-Blanc’s Nicolas For- tier ; and Mont Tremblant and Routes to Rootz were recognized with the Best Skier/Rider Development Award. The Ontario Snow Resorts Associa- tion recognized Judy Gougeon , Broker- link Insurance, with the Elfriede Huter Woman of Influence award; Shelby
Bowins , Blue Mountain, with the Trail- Blazer award; and Glen “Butch” Tinkler, Leitner-Poma Canada, with the Industry Appreciation Award. The Midwest Ski Areas Association honored its former executive direc- tor Amy Reents with a 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Ski California recognized Mike Ban- delin , Diamond Peak, Nev., with the Dave McCoy Lifetime Achievement Award; Jer- emiah Ferguson , Tahoe Donner, Calif., as the Paul Beran Lift Maintenance Person of the Year; and Nichole Graham , Palisades Tahoe, Calif., as the Don Lowder Lift Operations Person of the Year. Al Raine , Roger McCarthy , and Peter Schumann , were all posthumous- ly honored with the Canada West Ski Areas Association Jimmie Spencer Life- time Achievement Award; Andy Cohen of Fernie Alpine Resort, B.C., received the Jim Marshall Leadership Award; Paul Harkins of Grouse Mountain, B.C.,
Charles Ferries
Amy Reents
received the Rod Chisholm Operations & Maintenance Award; and Christy Allan of the Sea to Sky Gondola, B.C., recieved the Lars Fossberg Excellence Award.
OBITUARIES Charles “Chuck” Ferries died April 17, 2025. Ferries worked for Head Ski Com- pany, helping design the K2 ski and later becoming president of K2. He also acquired Scott USA, turning it into a suc- cessful company. Ferries was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1989.
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