Avalanche control

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66 archival descriptions results for Avalanche control

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Negatives

Photographs of mountain views as seen from a helicopter, an avalauncher on Whistler Mountain with people loading ammunition, various people on Whistler Mountain posing with skis, and skiing [John Lee has identified one as Roger [McCarthy?]], cabins covered in snow in Rainbow Estates area, a cat sleeping, and a sweater laying on a chair.

Note that there is a contact sheet that corresponds with the negatives in this file.

N-Series

Photographs depicting Ski Patrol taking a first aid class, the Gondola Barn, Skier's Chapel, Red Chair, Orange Chair, an unidentified office at Creekside, the Whistler Mountain ski lift signs, the Roundhouse, ski school for children, avalanche control, the Ski Patrol office, inside a snowcat, maintenance of the Gondola, and dismantled lift chairs during the summer.

Okanagan Helicopters Various Photos

Photos of Okanagan Helicopters engaging in a wide variety of activities such as; helping with construction, seeding and fertilizing, sightseeing rides, and cornice bombing/avalanche control.
Also included is an Okanagan Helicopters parking pass.

Patrol

Photographs of Ski Patrol, Red Chair, Blue Chair, landscapes of Whistler, Ski Patrol making avalanche preventative explosives/bombs (3/2/56/60), retrieving avalanche explosives/bombs from bomb cash (3/2/56/63), a Tucker Snowcat, avalanche control, Jo Schnetztler, John Hetherington (3/2/56/70), a sign at Glacier Bowl, an Avalauncher gun, Roundhouse, and Okanagan helicopters.

Photographs

Photographs taken by the late Kelvin Fenwick (who passed away in 2003) from his time working for Whistler Mountain in avalanche control and alpine construction. Includes photographs from 1976-1991 of avalanches, construction near Roundhouse on Whistler Mountain, aerial views of the valley, Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, a mountaintop lunch, freestyle skiing, a wildfire, Whistler Bowl, and Whistler Peak.

Slides

Photographs of cross-country skiing (including a couple dressed in red attire), drawn charts/graphs, helicopters and bombs exploding on mountains (for avalanche control).

Slides

Photographs of architecture, helicopters, and bombing (for avalanche control).

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Photographs of Fitzsimmons Creek in winter; the sunrise behind Wedge Mountai; Mount Weart; people ice fishing on Alta Lake; a chairlift on Whistler Mountain with Blackcomb Mountain, Wedge Mountain, Mount Weart in the background; and an avalanche being blasted and in process.

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Photographs of inside and outside the Whistler Mountain ticket booths with people working in them, a woman carrying a lunch tray with food and drinks, skiers on Whistler and/or Blackcomb Mountains, various workers on Whistler Mountain, Lee MacLaurin in item 008, avalanche control on a mountaintop and the resulting avalanche, Roundhouse Lodge, and an event in Whistler Village in summer with clowns, musicians, and balloons.

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