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Symbol
- Skiing soldier: the combat in mountains and searching mission.
- White: purity of the snow of the Lebanese mountains.
- Mountains: the height.
- Cedars: symbol of the nation.
- Laurel: ingratitude.
- Ski school : training ski and combat in mountain.
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History of the ski school
- Foundation: 1/5/1986.
- Organisation:
* In 1934 the French army founded a ski team of both French and Lebanese soldiers; they rented a local in BECHARRY and trained at the cedars.
* In 1935 they moved to the cedars Grand Hotel until the foundation of the school in 1937 by the French army.
* Since the foundation of the school the French army started training the Lebanese soldiers. In 1940 the school was delivered to the Lebanese army and since 1/5/1986 it depends directly to the major state of the Lebanese army.
Location: Ski school was located since its foundation in the barrack.
- Important dates:
* In 1957 the Lebanese president Kamil chamoun , the Iranian Chah and his wife, visited the school.
* In 1962 the school has accomplished a searching mission of trouble makers who took refuge in Tannourin mountain.
* In 1963 till 1975 the school organised the international military championship of ski and Lebanese championship.
* In 1969 a successful searching mission was accomplished after they found soldiers lost in Sheikh mountains.
* The school participated in international ski championship in Iran and Norway 1974 in Switzerland 1975 and in Finland 1982.
* Every year the school participates to searching missions and rescue missions of persons lost and blocked in snow weather.
* The school trains every year sessions of ski and combat in mountains to many troops of the Lebanese army.
* The school participates to all Lebanese and military championship.
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Missions
- Missions of combat in mountains in all weather conditions.
- Training sessions of ski and combat in mountains.
- Missions of searching and rescue of people lost and blocked in snow weather.
- Participation in the organisation an formation of the children of the army camp in summer.
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Capability
- Participation to combat in all weather conditions to search and rescue people lost and blocked in snow weather.
- Training sessions of ski and combat in mountains.
- Participate to military international and local championships.
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