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Alex Douglas Fonds

  • ADOUGLAS
  • Fonds
  • 1940-2016

This fonds consists of photographs, documents, audiovisual material and a tape relating primarily to the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps held on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains (especially during the 1970s-1990s when donor Alex Douglas worked there). Additional material relates to skiing in the Whistler area and in general.

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps, Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps, and related events such as dinners, picnics, and parties. Also included are a smaller number of photographs relating to Mount Seymour, where donor Alex Douglas lives and worked.

Slides

Photographs of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps from 1977-1980.

Slide Extras

Extra photographs that did not fit into Alex Douglas's albums. Subject include building the T-bar, skiing, snowy mountain vistas, Alta Lake, Whistler Mountain, snowshoeing, Red Chair, Vancouver, hotdogging, treewells, wildlife, and snowcats.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (109-3) – Jan 1981, “new Ford Courier at Seymour.”
  • 003 (112-17) – “TSSSC 1981, bottom station and terminal tower.”
  • 008 (49-20) – May-June 1978, “nice shoot, Whistler Bowl after [blasting?]”
  • 012 (108-18) – Dec-Jan 1980/81, “kids on Seymour.”
  • 013 (6-22) – August 12-14 1976, “chair lift Seymour.”
  • 014 (109-6) – Jan 1981, “one girl snowshoeing.”
  • 015 (114-20) – [June 1981], “Mike + me.”
  • 016 (112-19) – TSSSC 1981, “rock pile, note snow level.”
  • 017 (111-18) – April 1981, “truck up in Seymour Parking lot with the most snow we had all year.”
  • 018 (110-20) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 019 (111-13) – April 1981, “view of Seymour from Springer St.”
  • 020 (111-11) – April 1981, “truck and house on Springer.”
  • 021 (110-18) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 067 (117-11) – [1981], “of the Government Cabin.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Extras - Building T-bar 1977 + 1978

Photographs of people building a T-bar [7th Heaven?] in 1977 and 1978.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (27-4) – June 1977, “glacier from road to Whistler T-bars.”
  • 002 (50-11) – June 1978, “hanging T’s on the cable.”
  • 003 (49-21) – May-June 1978, “Towers Up!”
  • 004 (50-7) – June 1978, “Floyd down in the hole for the Platter.”
  • 005 (27-19) – June 1977, “Raising tower #1.”
  • 006 (28-15) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new track.”
  • 007 (29-1) – June 1977, “Nole on a Tower.”
  • 008 (28-10) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable.”
  • 009 (28-8) – June 1977, “Tower 2 raising.”
  • 010 (28-6) – June 1977, “Plowing road to tower 2.”
  • 011 (27-3) – June 1977, “Blast of small cornice.”
  • 012 (27-1) – June 1977, “Glacier after blasting cornice.”
  • 013 (26-12) – May-June 1977, “Me on top of (Mt Everest), 12 it’s snowing.”
  • 014 (50-2) – June 1978, “Bombardier digging out bottom station.”
  • 015 (50-1) – June 1978, “Bombardier digging out bottom station.”
  • 016 (50-9) – June 1978, “Floyd down in the hole for the Platter.”
  • 017 (49-19) – May-June 1978
  • 018 (26-17) – May-June 1977, “1st Blast of cornice.”
  • 019 (26-15) – May-June 1977, “Cornice to west of bowl.”
  • 020 (26-13) – May-June 1977, “Me on top of (Mt Everest).”
  • 021 (25-19) – May 1977, “bowl shots.”
  • 022 (25-17) – May 1977, “bowl shots.”
  • 023 (25-12) – May 1977, “Danny on top of top station.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp extras - People + Events 1978

Photographs of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in 1978 including group portraits, mingling outside, campers on the glacier, a spread of food and drink, obstacle races, trampolining, canoeing, sailing, and swimming in Alta Lake.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-01:

  • 001 (53-12) – July 1978, “[Group] shots poor shadow.”
  • 002 (56-8) – July 1978
  • 003 (53-11) – July 1978, “Sharon Alberti, ball between the knees race.”
  • 004 (53-18) – July 1978, “Vancouver trip group at Stanley Park.”
  • 005 (53-20) – July 1978, “[Obscene?] jesters!”
  • 006 (53-21) – July 1978, “Ken, Steve, Andrew, Ron.”
  • 007 (60-13) – July-August 1978, “Wayne, Nancy, Wayne, Toni toast the luncheon.”
  • 008 (60-11) – July-August 1978, “Scotty, Don, Danny [joking] around.”
  • 009 (60-10) – July-August 1978, “Lunch on top of the mountain.”
  • 010 (60-16) – July-August 1978, “Line up for lunch time.”
  • 011 (60-15) – July-August 1978, “Lunch time.”
  • 012 (52-10) – June-July 1978, “General Beach shots.”
  • 013 (53-9) – July 1978, “Dizz stick teams cheering everyone on.”
  • 014 (53-7) – July 1978, “Beach shots.”
  • 015 (53-8) – July 1978, “Beach shots.”
  • 016 (53-3) – July 1978, “Beach shots.”
  • 017 (53-17) – July 1978, “[Group] shots poor shadow.”
  • 018 (52-14) – June-July 1978, “General Beach shots.”
  • 019 (52-15) – June-July 1978, “General Beach shots.”
  • 020 (52-8) – June-July 1978, “Tramp shot.”
  • 021 (50-19) – June 1978, “Field day at the school, dizzy stick contest.”
  • 022 (56-10) – July 1978, “Lone canoeist.”
  • 023 (56-11) – July 1978, “Canoeist on Alta Lake.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp Building T-bar 1977

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1977.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (28-4) – June 1977, “Tower 2 raising.”
  • 002 (28-5) – June 1977, “Plowing road to tower 2.”
  • 003 (28-9) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable. 9 about the best.”
  • 004 (28-11) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable.”
  • 005 (28-13) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new trash. P-13 has old trash out.”
  • 006 (28-14) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new trash.”
  • 007 (28-18) – June 1977, “Bringing down the main cable on the cat.”
  • 008 (28-19) – June 1977, “Bringing down the main cable on the cat.”
  • 009 (28-21) – June 1977, “Danny pushing the [cable?] under the [idler] wheels.”
  • 010 (28-22) – June 1977, “Another shot of glacier. Noel coming down in Cat.”
  • 011 (29-2) – June 1977, “Mike + Nole on a tower nice back drop.”
  • 012 (29-3) – June 1977, “Mike, Nole, Alex putting cable on wheels.”
  • 013 (29-4) – June 1977, “Mike, Nole, Alex putting cable on wheels.”
  • 014 (29-6) – June 1977, “Nole + Mike on tensioner.”
  • 015 (29-10) – June 1977, “[Crud] cab on top of Whistler.”
  • 016 (37-2) – August 12 1977, “Helicopter at tower one, good shot of back of snow.”
  • 017 (37-18) – August 12 1977, “Our stuff (towers) on the rocks.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Summer Camp building T-bar 1976

Photographs of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1976.

Note made by Alex Douglas in 2020: "Taking T-bar apart - August 1976"

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (2-16) – July-August 1976, “taking cable down.”
  • 002 (3-1) – August 1976, “Truck stuck in mud near top of Green chair.”
  • 003 (3-3 or -4) – August 1976, “Truck stuck in mud near top of Green chair.”
  • 004 (3-6) – August 1976, “no comment, get an even sun tan.”
  • 005 (3-7) – August 1976, “tower one.”
  • 006 (3-9) – August 1976, “Whistler [Bombardier] in picture, Tower 2.”
  • 007 (3-11) – August 1976, “Digging out tower.”
  • 008 (3-14) – August 1976, “Top station taking down.”
  • 009 (3-17) – August 1976, “Get tower 2 out.”
  • 010 (3-18) – August 1976, “Get tower 2 out.”
  • 011 (4-6) – August 1976, “Tower 3 afternoon.”
  • 012 (4-11) – August 1976, “Climb to top, Dave.”
  • 013 (4-12) – August 1976, “At top telephoto.”
  • 014 (7-3) – August 1976, “Building road up rocks.”
  • 015 (7-4) – August 1976, “Building road up rocks.”
  • 016 (7-6) – August 1976, “Putting towers on rocks.”
  • 017 (7-7) – August 1976, “Putting towers on rocks.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

T-bar 1977 Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp

Photographs of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1977.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS_03_011:

  • 001 (25-8) – May 1977, “Whistler ski camp before tow put in.”
  • 002 (25-10) – May 1977, “Bottom station looking up to top station.”
  • 003 (25-15) – May 1977, “Nole + Cat near top station, shows distance between top station and where it was found.”
  • 004 (26-10) – May 1977, “Mike + Nole a cold windy morning.”
  • 005 (26-11) – May 30 1977, “Me in full winter gear May 30.”
  • 006 (26-14) – May-June 1977, “Guys walking up to top to blow the cornice.”
  • 007 (26-16) – May-June 1977, “Noel + Danny working in hole, Danny has a chain saw.”
  • 008 (26-18) – May-June 1977, “used Noel’s x2 + 135 mm.”
  • 009 (27-2) – June 1977, “Glacier after blasting cornice.”
  • 010 (27-17) – June 1977, “Putting wheels on tower #1.”
  • 011 (27-18) – June 1977, “Raising tower #1.”
  • 012 (28-1) – June 1977, “Muscle beach, in the snow.”
  • 013 (28-3) – June 1977, “Lunch break, fine bottle of beer.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building T-bar 1978-79

Photographs of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1978 and 1979.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (49-11) – May-June 1978, “T.S.S.S.C. [Bombardier] carrying towers.”
  • 002 (49-12) – May-June 1978, “Noel + Dan in [Bombardier] with tower tied on. Note bottom station in back ground.”
  • 003 (49-13) – May-June 1978, “Lowering the tower into holes with [Bombardier.]”
  • 004 (49-14) – May-June 1978, “Lowering the tower into holes with [Bombardier.]”
  • 005 (49-16) – May-June 1978, “centering tower once in hole.”
  • 006 (49-17) – May-June 1978, “blasting main cornice.”
  • 007 (49-18) – May-June 1978, “cornice coming down.”
  • 008 (49-22) – May-June 1978, “Base Station dug out.”
  • 009 (50-3) – June 1978, “filling up around [tensioner?] tower.”
  • 010 (50-4) – June 1978, “Digging bottom station deeper.”
  • 011 (50-5) – June 1978, “Floyd getting ready for cable to be put on a [bullwheel].”
  • 012 (50-6) – June 1978, “Floyd getting ready for cable to be put on a [bullwheel].”
  • 013 (50-8) – June 1978, “Floyd down in the hole for the Platter.”
  • 014 (50-10) – June 1978, “Hanging T’s on the cable.”
  • 015 (60-22) – August 1978, “Tower 2, 3, and top from top Whistler.”
  • 016 (61-20) – August-September 1978, “distance from tower pile to snow.”
  • 017 (61-19) – August-September 1978, “distance from tower pile to snow.”
  • 018 (61-18) – August-September 1978, “From Base station to top of Glacier, nice shot.”
  • 019 (61-21) – August-September 1978, “Good shot of glacier with [crevasses] and rocks.”
  • 020 (72-1) – June 1979, “Using a chain saw to dig tower 1.”
  • 021 (72-3) – June 1979, “Top station area for tower 1.”
  • 022 (72-5) – June 1979, “Note top station and height about snow.”
  • 023 (72-6) – June 1979, “Nole welding top of tower.”
  • 024 (72-8) – June 1979, “Rocks on tower 1 base.”
  • 025 (72-9) – June 1979, “Danny wiring tower 3.”
  • 026 (72-10) – June 1979, “Tower 2 being put together.”
  • 027 (72-13) – June 1979, “Tower 1 after it fell over.”
  • 028 (72-14) – June 1979, “Nole pushing snow under tower one to raise it up.”
  • 029 (73-1) – June 1979, “Danny’s truck stuck on road to top of [red?]”
  • 030 (73-2) – June 1979, “Putting cable onto cat for trip to top.”
  • 031 (73-3) – June 1979, “Getting ready to hoist cable unto top bull wheel.”
  • 032 (73-6) – June 1979, “Pulling tangles out of spool while running the cable.”
  • 033 (73-11) – June 1979, “putting engine on the cat.”
  • 034 (73-8) – June 1979, “Getting ready to put cable on bottom bull wheel.”
  • 035 (73-13) – June 1979, “Floyd + Danny putting T’s together.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

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