Photographs of avalanches, avalanche areas, a helicopter towing a metal frame for construction, avalanche safety signs on Whistler Peak, and an ambulance buried in snow.
Helicopters
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A collection of different brochures for charter aviation companies, from around Whistler and Vancouver. They all include information such as flight times and rates, different flight packages and excursions, and contact info. Some are actual pamphlets and others are printouts showing what the pamphlet looks like. The brochures are;
HeliJet
Blackcomb Helicopters
Black Tusk Helicopter Inc.
Corporate Helicopters Ltd.
Whistler Air
Western Canadian Heli-Sports Ltd.
Coast Range Heli Skiing
Coast Glacier Skiing Ltd.
Glacier Air
Mountain Heli-Sports Inc.
Alpine Tours
Pemberton Helicopters
Glacier Air Tours
Pemberton Soaring Centre
Baxter Tours Inc.
Cayoosh Helisports Ltd.
Whistler Heliskiing
Canadian Helicopters
Tyax Heli-skiing
Whistler Heli-Hiking Ltd.
International Heli-ski Inc.
B.C. Powder Guides
Whistler Heli Ski Ltd.
Whistler Resort
Photographs of a bus, a BC Air Float Plane, and helicopters.
Photographs of a downhill ski race on whistler Mountain, Rod MacLeod, and the underside of helicopter.
Photographs of the construction of Batzer Hut, at Williamson Lake near Revelstoke, BC on September 18, 1965. The photos include the hut, someone working on the construction, and a helicopter.
Captions:
001: "Helicopter at Batzer Hut - Sept[ember] 18, 1965"
002: "Batzer Hut Cabin + Helicopter - (Double Exposure) - Sept[ember] 18, 1965"
003: "Batzer Hut after erection - Sept[ember] 19, 1965"
Series includes documents pertaining to the Ministry of Forests and its interactions with the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Squamish. Documents include maps; reports; notes; correspondence.
Two documents that outline different trip itineraries that B.C. Powder Guides offers.
The first document is for an Exploratory Heli Ski Trip, which offers a two day excursion to heli-ski in places like Ipsoot Glacier, Manatee glaciers, Meager Hot Springs, Pebble glacier, McPharlon glacier, Thiassi glacier, and Goat peak.
The second document is for a four day heli-ski week at Bralorne which takes customers to ski in remote places such as the South Chilcotin Mountains, the Cadwallader Range, McGillivray Pass, Noel Creek, Hurley Drainage, and the Lone Goat Creek. customers will then be taken to accomodations at the Mines Hotel in Bralorne. This document also specifies who the guides will be; Herb Bluer, Geoff Wayatt, and Mike Jakobsson.
Photographs of skiing on Whistler Mountain in April of 1966, including photographs of Red Chair and T-Bars, a helicopter landing on the ski hill, and views of the Whistler Valley lakes, creeks, and surrounding mountain ranges.
Photographs related Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's visit to Whistler Mountain and 1 letter from Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau related to Vancouver-Garibaldi's prospective 1976 Olympic bid.
Photographs of a group heli-skiing Black Tusk and the Spearhead Range.