The Bee Hive Giant Slalom (March-April 2014)
Sweet Success From 1961 through 1967, the annual Bee Hive giant slalom competition attracted the world’s top professional racers to Canada. BY CAROLINE FORCIER HOLLOWAY n March 7, 2014, the derl Molterer. For the next six years, and is now a TV ski-racing com- Georgian Peaks ski top pro racers from Europe and mentator) and Brian Stemmle (who area in Ontario North America convened in Canada competed in four Olympics, from hosted its annual to race on the Bee Hive circuit. 1988 through 1998). Super GP Classic, a The event was named after The driving force behind the Oteam giant slalom race on the inter- Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup, an first Bee Hive was Ian Rogers, a mediate Minute Mile trail. Located energy food manufactured by the St. Toronto lawyer who founded Geor- near the town of Collingwood and Lawrence Starch Company of Port gian Peaks in 1960. A key partner overlooking Lake Huron’s Georgian Credit, Ontario, the event sponsor. was the late Dan Gibson, a portrait Bay, this private alpine club offers 24 A Montreal Gazette article published photographer, budding filmmaker trails with a vertical rise of 820 feet, in February 1962, following the sec- and avid skier, who was keen on the highest in the province. ond annual Bee Hive, reported that promoting skiing in Collingwood Though the GP Classic is an “to those who watched this spectac- and at Georgian Peaks. Sponsorship amateur event, open only to club ular and successful event, it was evi- was easily secured through Gibson’s members, it recalls a little-known dent that professional ski racing had skiing friend Lorne Gray, of the St.
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