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Warming up to Whistler

  • WA_2013_010-04-009
  • Item
  • [1996?]
  • Part of Eric Wight

Article written for the Vancouver Sun by Alan Daniels. The article describes the rise of summer activities (including mountain biking) and the impact it has had on tourism to Whistler, which has perennially been voted North America's No. 1 ski resort.

Blabcomb - Vol. IV, Issue 10 - July 12, 1991

  • YANISIW-01-02-008
  • File
  • July 12, 1991
  • Part of CJ Yanisiw

Issue of Blabcomb - Blackcomb Mountain's staff newsletter - from July 12, 1991. Articles include:

  • Guest Feedback
  • I. C. E. Awards
  • New Faces in the Sales Department
  • Comments from an I. C. E. Award Winner
  • Social Club - Club Couloir - Update
  • Good times at the country hoe-down
  • Shred (Blackcomb comic)
  • Do you remember this party?
  • Staff news
  • Appreciation
  • Congratulations!!
  • Wheelin' and Dealin' (classifieds)

Photographs

Original slides, transparencies, negatives, contact sheets, and prints of photographs taken by Greg Griffith, local photographer and owner of Mountain Moments Photography. The photographs are chiefly of skiing, snowboarding, mountain scenery, aerial shots, Whistler Village, skiing and Snowboarding competitions (including the Molson World Cup Downhill and World Cup of Snowboarding), summer sports, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, heli-skiing, heli-boarding, and hotels and condominiums. The collection also includes photographs of well-known Whistler residents and athletes, historical moments in Whistler (such as the opening of Blackcomb Mountain, the construction of Whistler Village, squatter culture), and various events in Whistler.

1978-1995

Designs for Tyax Heli-Skiing, West Coast Heli-Skiing, and Whistler Heli-Skiing business cards. Pamphlets and business cards for Chalet Luise. Photographs of skiing, heli-skiing, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Village, aerial shots of Whistler, Fitzsimmons Creek, Creekside, Whistler Village at night, paragliding, Alta Lake, sunsets, Black Tusk, chairlifts, ski runs, Nita Lake, Whistler Conference Centre, Rendezvous Lodge, Solar Coaster Express lift, hiking, cafes, pubs, restaurants, hotels, Whistler Village stroll, Whistler Express Gondola, mountain bikers, gondolas, flowers, events, golf courses, Whistler Golf Course, Golf, windsurfing, 7th Heaven, 7th Heaven Express Chair, Fitzsimmons Express Chair, Araxi Restaurant, swimming pools, The Downhill Shop, canoeing, dogs, fishing, rivers, helicopters, Snowcats, grooming, portraits, group portraits, logging, T-bars, ski instructors, Ski Scamps, Roundhouse, barbecues, maintenance, plaques, mountains staff, ski racing, picnics, blasting, lift construction, signs, Whistler Peak, dining, drinking, trails, cross-country skiing, Tantalus Lodge, Whistler Way, Gateway bus loop, Snowgoose buses, Whistler Village Sports, Mountain Square, parades, musicians, dancing, costumes, Stoney's, Willie Whistler, Easter, The Keg catering on Whistler Mountain, balloons, hot air balloons, hats, freestyle skiing, boats, ferries, bridges, swimming, waterfalls, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park, rainbows, docks on Alta Lake, ducks, and small airplanes.

Original box containing this subseries was labelled "Internegs".
Files 001-016 found in creator's folder labelled "Aerials".
Files 017-036 found in creator's folder labelled "Used in Postcards and Posters".
File 024 found in an envelope labelled "Internegs PC's 89".
Files 025-036 found in an envelope labelled "Postcards and Posters '88".
Files 037-058 found in creator's folder labelled "Whistler M[oun]t[ai]n".
Files 047-049 found in an unlabelled envelope.
Files 050-051 found in an envelope labelled "Cornice[?] Blasting".
Files 059-068 found in creator's folder labelled "Blackcomb M[oun]t[ai]n".
Files 069-071 found in creator's folder labelled "Winter 'Scenery'".
Files 072-081 found in creator's folder labelled "Village".
Files 084-088 found in an envelope labelled "Eric 86".
Files 082-088 found in creator's folder labelled "Kids/Faces/Picnics/Families".
Files 093-095 found in envelope labelled "Black Tusk Aug/80".
Files 089-099 found in creator's folder labelled "Summer & water scenes".
Files 100-106 found in envelope labelled "Tyax Heli-Skiing - 200 business cards".
Files 107-? found in envelope labelled "West Coast Heli-Skiing".
Files 100-113 found in creator's folder labelled "Mike Jakobsson".
Files 114-139 found in creator's folder labelled "Heli-Skiing".

Negatives

Photographs of cafes on the Whistler Village stroll, two mountain bikers, hikers, a skier, Whistler Express Gondola, and an aerial shot of Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, and Whistler Village.

Slides

Photographs of the Garibaldi Gruel mountain bike race starting gate, whitewater rafting, Symphony on the Mountain, summer hiking and chairlifts on Blackcomb Mountain, Jack Nicklaus at Nicklaus North Golf Course, horses at Eco-challenge in Whistler, mountain biking, wildflowers on the mountain, mountain views, and fly-fishing.

Slides

Photographs of fly-fishing in Alta Lake, Whistler Express Gondola and Whistler Village in the summer, Whistler Golf Course with Whistler Mountain in the background, golfing, aerial view of Whistler and surrounding areas, mountain biking on Blackcomb Mountain, people standing under a waterfall, whitewater rafting, Garibaldi Gruel mountain bike race, a mountain biker with Black Tusk in the background, Nicklaus North Golf Course, wildflowers in Singing Pass, Garibaldi Provincial Park, and Gary Black mountain biking.

Slides

Photographs of mountain biking, paragliding on Blackcomb Mountain, Furry Creek Golf Course, mountain biking in Hood River, Oregon, horseback riding across a river, Eco-challenge Whistler, Whistler Village, Steve Sumner racing the Garibaldi Gruel, fly-fishing, rock-climbing the Tantalus Range, fly-fishing, Nicklaus North Golf Course, Big Sky Golf Course in Pemberton.

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