One of the greatest honours associated with the Canadian Ski Marathon is that of earning a Coureur des Bois permanent bib number. To be eligible for this award, skiers are required to successfully complete the Coureur des Bois Bronze, Silver and Gold categories followed by 4 Gold Bars (these need not be in successive years). As of the 42st edition 15 skiers have earned this notable distinction. You will be able to spot them wearing their gold coloured bib on the trail in 2008!

 

Permanent Bib	Name	# of Gold  Bar
1	Don McLeod	8
2	Peter Van Rhign	11
3	Kingslet Buss	4
4	Howard Cohen	10
5	Seppo Lappalainen	7
6	Charles Roots	5
7	Marcel Marion	28
8	Murray Shaw	6
9	Bill Pollock	15
10	Stephen R. Patterson	4
11	Marcel Besnier	23
12	Ronald Amero	6
13	Richard Pickering	4
14	Peter Ostrom	7
15	James E. Jackson	13
16	Brian Gill	25
17	Tor Wilson	4
18	Ian H. Smith	4
19	Frederick Skelton	5
20	Gary S. Ataman	4
21	Barry Carrique	4
22	William Deuelbeiss	9
23	Jean-Louis Dorego	23
24	Michel Gagnon	22
25	Richard Higgins	9
26	Paul Junique	25
27	Maurice Malan	9
28	John McCaugherty	4
29	Pierre Pinard	21
30	Simon Proulx	5
31	Gilbert Rioux	14
32	Martin Visser	11
33	Denis Walsh	7
34	Alexander Bates	4
35	Pierre Bussières	4
36	Sharon Crawford	20
37	Jan Kees Eisenloeffel	4
38	Luc Farmer	24
39	Dena Gill	21
40	Neil Hester	4
41	Derek Lecours	12
42	Nils Meyer	12
43	Thierry Petry	14
44	Urs Staeuble	5
45	Gilles Vennes	4
46	Roger Beauchamp	4
47	Gregory Borden	18
48	Michael Cooke	4
49	Rosaire Cormier	14
50	Brian Griffiths	7
51	Jacques Houle	9
52	John Hueston	17
53	Martin Illing	4
54	Brad Jones	6
55	George Lackonick	7
56	Clovis Lassonde	4
57	Don Macmillan	8
58	Gilles Marion	21
59	Jean Morisset	20
60	Dominique Raymond	6
61	Ron Phillips	4
62	Pierre Tessier	21
63	Marcel Bélanger	5
64	Russell Croft	4
65	Guy De Repentigny	10
66	Arthur Leblanc	19
67	Andre Marcoux	13
68	Robert Bégin	4
69	Louis Melançon	12
70	Renauld Jacques	16
71	André Labelle	6
72	Pierre Laramée	11
73	Donald Popadick	13
74	Bert Vrolijk	9
75	Come Charlebois	10
76	Alan Anderson	19
77	Vincent Barrette	10
78	Jim Bradford	5
79	Christopher Busby	9
80	Yvan Duchesne	5
81	Jesse Glasnovic	13
82	Lorne Runge	11
83	Karl Schimek	8
84	Iver Simonsen	7
85	John Skopek	13
86	Bill Thompson	6
87	Ralph Ticknor	4
88	Carl Campitelli	16
89	Gerry Fassett	10
90	Kevin Mazzu	4
91	Alain Nicolle	11
92	Gordon Christiansen	13
93	Gérard Cyr	16
94	Roger Gocking	7
95	Gerald Prutsman	6
96	Doug Seaborn	9
97	Carlo Lanni	4
98	Scott Pegrum	5
99	Serge Robert	14
100	Ron Halka	4
101	John Hardie	5
102	Hervé Leblanc	14
103	Yves Marcouiller	4
104	Michel Millier	14
105	Ivan Pikulik	7
106	Clive Powsey	10
107	Bruce Wurtele	7
108	Marc Beaudoin	8
109	John Burrows	12
110	Michel Leblanc	12
111	Herman Smith-Johannsen/Peggy Johannsen Austin*	* Honorary bib / Dossard honorifique
112	Réal Perriard	13
113	Robert Saunders	13
114	Chris Schlachter	10
115	Glenn Cowan	11
116	Tim Lawson	8
117	Stephane Pilon	11
118	Jerry Whear	10
119	Bob Archer	11
120	Eric Atkinson	4
121	Claude Barraud	9
122	Ian Brown	4
123	Adrian Flash	9
124	Leonard Gerbrandt	7
125	David Kalant	4
126	Don Kirby	6
127	Fred Promoli	5
128	Jan Strmen	6
129	Carl Purcell	4
130	Richard Giroux	10
131	Robert O.P. Arnold	7
132	Christiane Rousseau	10
133	Alain Moffette	9
134	Jeannot Blanchet	9
135	Robert Latendresse	10
136	Alain Lacroix	10
137	Simon Gelinas	6
138	Scott Gill	9
139	Benoit Lalonde	10
140	James MacLachlan	10
141	Richard Coutts	4
142	Denis Roy	10
143	Vytas Janusaukas	6
144	Brian Saunderson	4
145	Richard Swerhun	8
146	John Moffet	5
147	Phil Twardawa	9
148	Brian Goodwill	8
149	Greg Smith	7
150	Glenn Meeuwisse	7
151	Michael Duffin	5
152	Diana Macgibbon	6
153	Luigi D’Agnillo	4
154	Markus Besemann	5
155	Rejean Thibodeau	7
156	James Meier	6
157	Don Zieman	8
158	Stephen Walter	6
159	Serge Cote	6
160	Gregoire Crevier	7
161	Paul Houchens	5
162	Léo Cinq-Mars	4
163	David Pampararo	8
164	Simon Dutil-Paquette	5
165	Jean-Francois Denis	5
166	Parham Momtahan	7
167	Benoit Rompre	7
168	Claude Robitaille	6
169	Barry Stemshorn	7
170	George Reid	8
171	Ian Aitken	7
172	Gerald Vangurp	5
173	Paul Foley	7
174	Christian Nadeau	6
175	Eric Cote	7
176	Roger Lessard	6
177	Richard Turgeon	5
178	Gilles Whear	6
179	Clement Bilodeau	7
180	Michael Cooper	4
181	David Cooper	7
182	Jules Beland	7
183	Peter Parken	4
184	William Peterson	4
185	Kevin Thomson	5
186	Jeff Lewis	5
187	Frederic Jobin	4
188	Ian McKirdy	4
189	Robert Ricci	5
190	Stephanie Edwards	4
191	Tolly Bradford	4
192	Linda Gilligan	4
193	Trisha Westman	4
194	Stephen Daniels	6
195	Alan Ritchie	5
196	Benoit Bourgon	5
197	Lawrence Foster	5
198	Christopher Blanchard	6
199	Craig Hawkes	6
200	Frederic Cormier	6
201	David Eleiter	4
202	Marco Lalonde	5
203	Claude Bilodeau	4
204	Pierre Mousseau	7
205	Rolf Christiansen	4
206	Claude Béland-Dalcourt	5
207	Brent Curry	4
208	Lorne Gutz	5
209	Michael Lynch	5
210	Robert Grossé	5
211	Gordon Mamen	4

 

 

For the last three decades, only Gold Coureur des Bois award winners could qualify to earn a permanent bib number. Now, there is a permanent bib award for Tourers to recognize their commitment to skiing and dedication to this legendary ski event. Any Tourer who skis a total of 50 sections over any number of years - beginning in 1996 - earns a Weber Award, which includes a permanent bib number that will be worn on a special pink coloured bib. This award is designed to take a strong Tourer at least 7 years, similar to the number of years required by a Coureur des Bois. The award is named after Hans and Meg Weber who have skied the CSM since its debut.

 

Permanent Bibs	Name
2000	Meg Weber
2001	Hans Weber
2002	Olaf Dohrendorf
2003	Mike Heitner
2004	Murray Wagner
2005	Leo Weiss
2006	Fred Schonenberger
2007	Susan Gwyn
2008	Andre Benoit
2009	Julie Cormier
2010	Helga Taylor
2011	Robert Weiler
2012	Elizabeth Van Eyken
2013	Monica Malecka
2014	Marvin Doran
2015	Barbara Otsuka
2016	Gerald Peniston
2017	Marianne Weiss
2018	John Lawson
2019	Andrew Plank
2020	Maria Corinthios
2021	Marileen Gillies
2022	Anna O’Connor
2023	Elizabeth O’Connor
2024	Rolf Mamen
2025	Gail Tedstone
2026	Dave Sinclair
2027	Ted Friesen
2028	Russel Lyon
2029	Elizabeth Leslie
2030	Henry Andes
2031	Hilary Thomson

 

Bib	Name
2032	George Zebrowski
2033	Jill Kearney
2034	Judy Mason
2035	Nicolette Girod
2036	Marc Thibodeau
2037	Pierre Lortie
2038	Murray Soicher
2039	Jonathan Chaffee
2040	Paul Gross
2041	David Hawrysh
2042	Linda Haines
2043	Jack Van Derzee
2044	Caleb Davis