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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'

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp Helicopter pictures

Photographs of helicopters helping to build the T-bar for the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps in 1977 and 1980.

Notes made by Alex Douglas in 2020: "Roll 37 is August 1977, taking towers out by helicopter - Roll 102, helicopter taking out tower"

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (27-10) – June 1977, “Great shots of Helicopter + towers.”
  • 002 (27-9) – June 1977, “General shots of helicopter helping put in tower.”
  • 003 (27-13) – June 1977, “Great shots of Helicopter + towers.”
  • 004 (27-14) – June 1977, “General shots of helicopter helping put in tower.”
  • 005 (36-2) – July-August 1977, “Helicopter bring up skiers in the morning.”
  • 006 (36-3) – July-August 1977, “Helicopter bring up skiers in the morning.”
  • 007 (37-5) – August 12 1977, “close up of helicopter.”
  • 008 (37-6) – August 12 1977, “nice shot of helicopter and pole.”
  • 009 (37-8) – August 12 1977, “nice shot of helicopter and pole.”
  • 010 (37-7) – August 12 1977, “taken into the sun (so-so).”
  • 011 (37-11) – August 12 1977, “long distant shots of helicopter (tower 2).”
  • 012 (37-12) – August 12 1977, “long distant shots of helicopter (tower 2).”
  • 013 (37-13) – August 12 1977, “long distant shots of helicopter (tower 2).”
  • 014 (37-15) – August 12 1977, “close up of helicopter.”
  • 015 (37-16) – August 12 1977, “close up of helicopter.”
  • 016 (37-17) – August 12 1977, “Nice shot of helicopter and tower up in the air.”
  • 017 (102-4) – September 26 1980, “Helicopter picking up top bull wheel.”
  • 018 (102-5) – September 26 1980, “Helicopter picking up top bull wheel.”
  • 019 (102-6) – September 26 1980, “Helicopter fair pictures.”
  • 020 (102-7) – September 26 1980, “Helicopter fair pictures.”
  • 021 (102-8) – September 26 1980, “hooking up a load for helicopter.”
  • 022 (102-9) – September 26 1980, “Helicopter fair pictures.”
  • 023 (102-10) – September 26 1980, “Nice picture of helicopter.”
  • 024 (37-14) – August 12 1977, “Helicopter pulling out the towers (3). Note [crevasses] in the back ground.”
  • 025 (102-11) – September 26 1980, “Good picture of hook-up with tower.”
  • 026 (102-12) – September 26 1980, “Helicopter fair pictures.”
  • 027 (102-14) – September 26 1980, “Tower 2 area rocks!”
  • 028 (102-15) – September 26 1980, “Tower 2 area rocks!”
  • 029 (102-16) – September 26 1980, “helicopter standing tower 2 up on end, before lifting.”
  • 030 (102-17) – September 26 1980, “helicopter standing tower 2 up on end, before lifting.”
  • 031 (102-18) – September 26 1980, “helicopter standing tower 2 up on end, before lifting.”
  • 032 (102-19) – September 26 1980, “Storage area, with both helicopters.”
  • 033 (102-20) – September 26 1980, “Storage area, with both helicopters.”
  • 034 (103-1) – September 26-27 1980, “Helicopter with tower.”
  • 035 (103-3) – September 26-27 1980, “Helicopter with bottom bull wheel.”
  • 036 (103-4) – September 26-27 1980, “Helicopter ready to pick up engine.”
  • 037 (103-5) – September 26-27 1980, “Helicopter ready to pick up engine.”
  • 038 (103-6) – September 26-27 1980, “Helicopter taking away engine.”
  • 039 (102-13) – September 26 1980, “Good picture of helicopter flying away with tower.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Oct 81 V5

Slide film of Whistler Mountain, Creekside in summer, Whistler Village, an aerial photograph, Creekside parking lot, and a Search and Rescue Labrador helicopter.

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.

World Cup Preliminary

Photographs of Snow Slides on surprise, North Face High (3/2/89/42), Whisky Jack (3/2/89/45), Orange chair, Roundhouse, Goats Gully run, Red Chair, Alta Lake, a helicopter dropping hay bails for a ski race, Course Marshall (3/2/89/55), Rainbow Lodge (3/2/89/59), and the original Myrtle Phillip School (3/2/89/60).

Slides 6

Photographs of 1960 and 1964 Garibaldi Park maps, the diamond head area, an aerial view of Whistler Mountain from left ridge to Singing Pass, snowfields, the main upper bowl in Whistler Mountain, hikers at Black Tusk and Garibaldi Lake, hiking at Garibaldi Mountain, and the helicopter used for the Olympic site search.

Caption on FEN_02_02_006_003: "Diamond Head area. Search for Olympic site. Site not suitable".
Caption on FEN_02_02_006_004: "AERIAL VIEW | Whistler Mountain left Ridge to Singing Pass R."
Caption on FEN_02_02_006_008: "Main upper bowl Whistler Mtn Top of Olympic Area foreshortened view. Straight Track made by Al Menzies. Olympic skier in fantastic run".
Caption on FEN_02_02_006_012: "Diamond Head area. Search for Olympic site. Site not suitable".
Caption on FEN_02_02_006_016: "Fueling up in Squamish in search for site".

Slides 7

Photographs of the search for an Olympic site, a person filming group of people in the Olympic site search, a helicopter on Whistler Mountain with Black Tusk in background, people walking in snow at Whistler Mountain, a snowmobile, skiers, Garibaldi Lake, the edge of a glacier, hikers near a rock face, hikers on a rock formation, camping, fishing on Garibaldi Lake, a boat and fish on a beach, and two people chopping wood.

Caption on FEN_02_02_007_009: "Snowmobile used in search and check of Whistler Mtn site for Olympics".
Caption on FEN_02_02_007_013: "Helicopter on top of Whistler. Black Tusk in background. Search for Olympic Site".

Parks Reports + Info

File contains letters from Cliff Fenner, one to the Chief Forester of B.C. Forest Service and two to The Director of Parks Branch regarding Garibaldi Park. The first letter is about the naming of Haney area in regard to what should be included in Garibaldi Park. The second letter discusses the helicopter tour to evaluate Garibaldi's Olympic Games potential. The last letter discusses the potential for the Olympic Games in the Cheakamus Lake area. This letter has a paper attached detailing measurements, such as snow depth, from March 19, 1960.

Slides

  • GRI-01-07-35
  • File
  • May 1983 - February 1988
  • Part of Greg Griffith

Photographs of skiing, skiing in costume, Snowcat groomers, paragliding, hockey gloves a Blackcomb hat in the snow, a pickup truck, a young girl sitting in a toboggan, and a man dressed as Santa Claus exiting a helicopter. Some costumes include the Hulk and a robot.

Captions:
007: "Robot shoots / Backbowl - / Whistler"

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