World's greatest liftie

Castle Mountain, Alberta, is full of surprises - not least how a barely known ski hill can have such amazing terrain and great snow, and pretty good uplift, without losing its soul.
One of the reasons comes in the shape of Marie Cameron, unquestionably the world's greatest liftie, who hugs every skier and boarder who loads the chairlift she's operating. Marie, who learnt to ski at Castle, as did her kids, started working on the lifts two years ago. Hugging friends as they lined up seemed the natural thing to do, but of course others wanted a hug too. Now everyone gets a hug and Marie "feels awesome"; she is better known, and knows more people, than anyone else on the hill. In fact, in the province, probably.