Skiers are happy to be able to hit the slopes at Mont-Sainte-Anne, which reopens its doors on Sunday, following the crash of a gondola, especially since the weather is good.
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It is still a partial reopening since only four of the five gondolas have obtained the green light from the Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ).
According to the management group Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR), a procedural error was involved in the fall of the gondola.
Sliding sports enthusiasts are unanimous: the wait was long and it will be necessary to invest in infrastructure, but they are happy to be back.
“We’re super happy, it’s still going to take money to improve infrastructure,” said one of them.
“We’ve been waiting for the opening for a long time. It really takes less to get to Mont-Sainte-Anne than to Stoneham,” said another.
The RCR group, manager of the mountain, has been strongly criticized since the beginning of the events, in particular because of the refusal of interviews.
The management team explained that it understands that this incident harmed the image of the company and that of Mont-Sainte-Anne.
Maxime Cretin, vice-president and general manager, eastern region, at RCR, indicated that investments are made without however specifying the nature of these investments or how much money it is.
“Since the gondola incident of December 10, we have really worked to rebuild this bond of trust, today, the proof is that we are open,” said Mr. Cretin.
He added that the company met the requirements of the December 16 order and assured that it had worked with the best experts and the RBQ.
“We have shed complete light on what happened. We did a lot of introspection of our training, operation and maintenance practices,” he said.
Despite everything, organizations such as Les amis de la montagne du Mont-Sainte-Anne are calling for the departure of the RCR company.
