Three Generations of Keeping People on the Slopes

By: Scott Merrill

Outlets: Business NH Magazine

Published: December 23, 2025

Words: 372

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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For three generations, the Bolduc family has been at the heart of Piche’s Ski & Sports Shop in Gilford. It’s a place where hard work, family, and community come together, and where an origin story involving a petty theft helped launch one of New England’s most enduring ski shops.

The story begins with Francis Piché, a young Gilford mailman who spent summers working at the Northland Ski Manufacturing Company in the 1930s. According to …

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