Letters from Rene Widmer to Alyssa Bruijns (Head Archivist & Collections Manager, Whistler Museum & Archives) sharing stories of his time working with Cliff Fenner in the Garibaldi Provincial Park area.

• Letter 001: References the Whistler Museum exhibit on Cliff Fenner, and shares autobiographical details of his employment as a park ranger in Garibaldi Provincial Park, how he came to Canada, how he met Cliff, and a rough timeline of his activities and jobs in the 1960s.
• Letter 002: Offers to sign a donation form for the Whistler Museum and to translate his diary entries from his time in the Black Tusk area from German to English.
• Letter 003: Elucidation of more specific memories from his time as a park ranger under Cliff Fenner's mentorship, including a trip leading girl guides from Squamish into the park to camp at Taylor Meadows and lyrics to a song the girl guides created about Widmer's role leading the climbing and hiking party.
• Letter 004: Contains explanation of enclosed translated diary entry from 1961 detailing 'The Visit of Judge Wilson' to Garibaldi Provincial Park while Rene Widmer and Dick Bond were rangers there.

Photographs of people skiing and snowboarding on Blackcomb Mountain and Whistler Mountain, aerial and panoramic shots of Whistler Valley, alpenglow over the mountains, Rainbow Park, Whistler Village, ski in and ski out condominiums, hiking, group portraits of Mountain Hosts and Ski Patrol, gondolas, chairlifts, T-bars, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, restaurants and hotels, cabins, Slush Cup, Peak to Valley Race, Molson World Cup Downhill, ski racing, Black Tusk, Fissile Peak, heli-skiing, Franz Wilhelmsen and Bob Ainsworth on Whistler Mountain, Roundhouse Lodge, Tremor Glacier on Tremor Mountain, the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme, picnics, Pemberton Icecap, Ipsoot Mountain, Burnt Stew Basin, telemark skiing, people carrying surfboards on a beach, running, Snowboard Cross, apres ski, moguls, mountaineering, Wedge Mountain, 7th Heaven, River of Golden Dreams, portraits of John "Rabbit" Hare and Greg Griffith with his photography equipment, Joffre Lakes, Elfin Lakes, Beaver Pond, Cheakamus Lake, Pemberton, Phalanx Mountain, Creekside, Inawashiro Ski Resort in Japan, sumo wrestling, avalanches, Rendezvous Lodge, Wedgemount Lake, Lost Lake, Alta Lake, Green Lake, Squamish, Nicklaus North Golf Course, Mt Weart, Rimrock Cafe, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, Anasazi Restaurant, Highway 99, Tantalus Range, windsurfing on Howe Sound, rafting, fireworks, mountain biking, Singing Pass and Musical Bumps Trail, and the Metzler family cross-country skiing.

Photographs of Fissile Peak mountain views as seen from Whistler Mountain, Whistler Village in winter (buildings including: Blackcomb Lodge, St. Andrews House, Fitzsimmons Lodge, and Crystal Lodge), a woman walking in a snow-covered forest, Dean [Phillip?] skiing Whistler Peak, people heli-skiing on Pemberton Icecap, Andrew Wilkins heli-skiing the Ipsoot Range, Dean Stone and Kelly or Kristi Wright skiing Whistler Peak, Dean Stone skiing the Whistler Mountain back bowls near Burnt Stew Basin, John Kindree skiing Sun Bowl, Eric Berger skiing Harmony Bowl, people skiing Blackcomb Glacier, skiers in the out of bounds area of Whistler Mountain, skiers and/or mountaineers near Black Tusk in Garibaldi Provincial Park, Glen Harris skiing Symphony Bowl, Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler that also includes Pika's Restaurant and the Whistler Express Gondola, and the Overbite mogul run on Blackcomb Mountain.

Captions:
001: "Winter/Whistler Mount Fissile Coastal Range, B.C."
004, 005: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Excitation Shute, Whist.Peak Skier: Dean Phil"
009: "Heli Skiing Pemberton Ice Cap with Corporate Helicopters"
010: "Winter- Whistler- Ski Heli Skiing- Ipsoot Range Skier: Andrew Wilkins"
011: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Whistler Peak Skiers: D.Stone & K.Wright"
012: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Back Bowls-Burnt Stew Basin Skier: Dean Stone"
013: "Sun Bowl Whistler Mt. Skier:John Kindree"
014: "Whistler-Winter Harmony Bowl Rider:Eric Berger"
015: "Winter/Whistler/Ski SKiing Blackcomb Glacier"
016: "Out of bounds Whistler Mt."
017: "Winter/Whistler Black Tusk, Garibaldi Provincial Park, B.C."
018: "Whistler-Winter Symphony Bowl Skier Glen Harris"
019: "Whistler-Winter Pika's Mtn Top Restaurant Express Gondola"
020: "Overbite Mogul Run Blackcomb"

Caption on File:
"SKI"

Photographs of steep skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, freestyle snowboarding, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, the inukshuk on Whistler Peak, Harmony Bowl, Symphony Bowl, Ziggy's Bowl, Bagel Bowl, Sun Bowl, Black Tusk, Whistler Village in winter and at dusk, cross-country skiing, Glacier Creek Lodge, Roundhouse Lodge, Birkenhead Peak, Ipsoot Mountain, condminiums, Chateau Whistler Resort, the Westin hotel, chairlifts, the Whistler backcountry, mountaineering, sunsets, alpenglow, mountain views, 7th Heaven, Horstman Glacier, Blackcomb Glacier, Slush Cup on Blackcomb Mountain, storms, Flute Bowl, Village North, Upper Village, Meadow Park Sports Centre's swimming pools, and Alta Lake.