In 1934, Le Club Libanais, the first ski club in Lebanon, was founded by Mauritius Tabet, Mounir Itani, and sisters Andrée Khasho and Aimée Kettaneh.[1][2] The following year, the French Army established the first ski school at Le Grand Cèdre hotel at the Cedars of God in Bsharri northern Lebanon.[3][4][14][15] In 1937, the school moved to a high mountain barracks, and would later become known as the Military Ski School.[14]