Jane MacPhail is a long-time Whistler resident. She was born in Denmark, raised in Vancouver, and married her husband, Dave MacPhail, in 1962. They moved to Whistler in the 1970s. She ran a flower shop in Marketplace in Village North in the 2000s. She also worked as a retail buyer and merchandiser. She enjoys gardening, painting, biking, skiing, and hiking in her spare time.
David MacPhail is a former Whistler resident. He was born and raised in a musical family in Vancouver. He joined the high school band as a teenager. In 1962, he married his wife, Jane MacPhail. In the early 1960s, Dave founded and drummed in the popular band, The Epics, playing at many of Vancouver's iconic venues. The band opened for acts like the Tina Turner Revue and CBC's Let's Go Show and the R&B segment of CBC's Rock Classic. In 1968, the band released their hit single, King Size, which hit the top 5 in local charts and remained in the top 10 for 20 weeks. In later years, the band became known as Jayson Hoover and The Epics. They eventually disbanded although some of the members, including MacPhail, sporadically got together over the years for one-off performances. Dave moved to Whistler in 1971 and spent 35 years living and working in the area as the manager of building services for the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and fitting ski boots for some of Canada's top ski racers. He was a talented skier himself, often skiing and training with Canada's top ski racers.
Norman MacNeil was a Whistler resident in the 1990s, living in the Emerald Estates area.
Wendy MacLeod competed in the Mogul Bash ski competition at Whistler Mountain in 1975.
Steve MacLeod worked for Blackcomb Mountain in the 1990s.
Rod Macleod was a ski patroller, construction manager, ski race manager and Whistler resident in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s before moving to Squamish, where he worked as an engineer. He arrived in Whistler in 1968 with Chris Speedie and Barry Fowlie. He lived in the stable at Toad Hall in the spring of 1970, then lived in a teepee at Tod Mountain (now Sun Peaks ski resort) during the winter of 1971/1972 while working as a ski patroller. While living at Tokum Corners in 1971, Rod was homebrewing based on knowledge gleaned from Bill Chaplain. Rod lived at Tokum Corners well into the 1980s. He worked as a carpenter and at Tapley's Neighbourhood Pub for its opening in Whistler Village in January 1981. Rod worked as a packer driver for several years on Whistler Mountain and helped lay out and name the ‘Tokum’ ski run (named for Tokum Corners) on Whistler Mountain with Bruce Prentice. He became project manager for the construction of the Peak Chair in 1986 and helped manage World Cup ski races for Whistler Mountain as alpine sports operations manager. In the 1990s, he was the slopes manager and mountain planner for Whistler Blackcomb, continuing his work preparing lifts and ski runs for each winter season. He has three daughters with former wife Patty. Rod was project manager for venue construction of the alpine skiing events in Whistler and the freestyle ski and snowboard events at Cypress Mountain for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. He has consulted on and managed a wide range of resort projects such as snowmaking infrastructure, reservoir construction, and venue construction. He moved to Squamish in the 2010s, moving on to work in the engineering department for the District of Squamish. In 2013, he was promoted to the Director of Engineering for the District of Squamish. In 2016, he retired. Rod then became vice president of planning at Aquilini Group, which is leading the push for the creation of the Garibaldi at Squamish ski resort project on Brohm Ridge. Rod retired as project director of the Garibaldi at Squamish project in 2020.
Earl Leslie MacLeod was the first pilot to land an aircraft in Alta Lake (in what is now Whistler) on August 31, 1922. He was born in Sumas, BC on July 5, 1894 and grew up in Chilliwack, BC. For a short time, he was a public school teacher in Vancouver and in the Fraser Valley. He served with the British Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. After the war, he returned to Chilliwack and became a farmer. In 1920, he became a member of the Air Board in Canada, and continued to work in many types of flying activities through the 1920s and 1930s. In 1922, when he made the first flight to Alta Lake, he was an air pilot navigator and senior air officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). On December 29, 1930, he married Flora Mackechnie of Vancouver in Toronto, ON. Earl and Flora had three children: John MacLeod (born about 1932); Robert MacLeod (born about 1934); and Flora Margaret MacLeod (born about 1937). Earl served in World War II in Canada, England, and on the Pacific Coast of Canada. He retired in September 1944 and became a Progressive Conservative candidate in federal politics, although he was defeated in the 1945 election. He passed away on May 19, 1987 in Sardis, BC at age 92. Inside the Chilliwack Airport, there is a memorial to Air Commodore Earl Leslie MacLeod (1894-1987), who commanded RCAF Station Jericho Beach.
Patty Macleod was a Whistler resident in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. She is the former wife of Rod Macleod, with whom she had three daughters.