The Avoriaz ski school saga

Part 1

As most readers know, I used to teach skiing at the Avoriaz ski school in France.

In the Fall of 1971 a major crisis pit two halves of what used to be a fun workplace against each other. The reason for all that upheaval was that, earlier on, Edmond Denis, the ski school director, had suggested that it would be a good idea for all the members of the ski school to purchase in common a commercial real estate space, next to the ski-school, designated to be a bar, right on the ski-in, ski-out tram plaza.

For some obscure reasons, the deal was made in the summer or fall of 1971 and didn't include the whole ski-school as promised, but rather 3 or 4 of its members including Edmond Denis.

This triggered a fury from two other ski instructors, Henri Marullaz and François Baud, who both began to steer the pot in an attempt to rally opponents to what was perceived by many as a betrayal by some...

To be continued...