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Glide Down the Slopes of Lebanon

December 31, 2008 by Editor  
Filed under Features

In 1913, the excitement and enjoyment of skiing was brought back to Lebanon by an engineer who had gone to study further. After being exposed to skiing in Switzerland, the young engineer tried to promote the sport when he got home, but only a handful of locals took to the slopes. All changed in the 1930’s, when a group of youthful skiing enthusiasts from Lebanon and France transformed skiing into a serious sporting activity. Today, Lebanon has six ski resorts that attract thousands of local and international skiers each year.
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