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1988/89 Blackcomb Employee Manual Package

A package for new employees working at Blackcomb Mountain, in the 1988/89 ski season. This package contains a variety of pamphlets all with various information a new employee should know for working at Blackcomb Mountain. The contents of the package include;

  • Blackcomb at Whistler "Summer Magic" pamphlet - Which discusses some of the activities one can engage in on Blackcomb Mountain.
  • Blackcomb Summer Glacier Skiing 1989 pamphlet - Which discusses Glacier skiing on Horstman Glacier as well as pricing.
  • Blackcomb Magazine - Which discusses some of the new features of Blackcomb Mountain, and other various ski related topics for Blackcomb
  • 1988/89 Blackcomb Mountain guide - Which shows the various runs and lifts of the mountain
  • Blackcomb Kids Kamp Pamphlet - Which describes the Kids Kamp program, lessons for children to learn how to ski. And also includes pricing
  • Blackcomb Ski School Pamphlet - Which details the ski lesson programs one can enrol in, which includes pricing for the various types of lessons
  • Blackcomb "Upwardly Mobile" Pamphlet - This pamphlet describes two corporate packages that businesses can take advantage of at Blackcomb, One is the Mile High Club, which is a membership that can be used by anyone in the company. The other is the Mountain Mardi Gras, which allows 20 or more people on the mountain as well as being served meals and drinks
  • Blackcomb Men's Mountain Masters Pamphlet - Which describes a more advanced ski lesson course which focuses on bumps, powder, gates and more, as well as pricing for the classes
  • Blackcomb Greg Athans Adult Mogul Camps - Which describes a two day class taught by Greg Athans for Moguls and steep terrain skiing.
  • Blackcomb Ladies Unlimited Pamphlet - Which descries a ski course for women which teaches steep skiing techniques.
  • Blackcomb Perception Ski Workshops Pamphlet - Which describes a ski workshop created by Kathy Kreiner to help teach Sports Psychology, and focuses more on the mental aspects of skiing.
  • Blackcomb Racing Pamphlet - Which discusses the various races held at Blackcomb and information for enrolling in them
  • Blackcomb Statistics pages - Three printed pieces of paper stapled together which describes the various statistics of the mountain such as elevation, weather, lift capacity and so on.

2010-2017

Various newspaper clippings from newspapers such as the Whistler question, which relate to aviation in the Whistler Valley. Many of the articles are about heli-skiing, aerial search and rescue, aircraft accidents, and aerial photography/reconnaissance.

1999-2009

Various newspaper clippings from newspapers such as the Whistler question, which relate to aviation in the Whistler Valley. Many of the articles are about heli-skiing, aerial search and rescue, aircraft accidents, and aerial photography/reconnaissance.

1984-1988

Various newspaper clippings from newspapers such as the Whistler question, which relate to aviation in the Whistler Valley. Many of the articles are about heli-skiing, aerial search and rescue, aircraft accidents, and aerial photography/reconnaissance.

Whistler/Garibaldi From Space

A pamphlet depicting a view of the Whistler and Garibaldi region from space. It highlights many geographical key points in the region, and it has a writeup on the region and how the photographs were abled to be captured, by the Landsat 5 a U.S. satellite and records info from both visible and non-visible parts of the spectrum.

Unclimbed and Unmapped Peaks - Panorama from Black M[oun]t[ain] - Sept. 12, 1923

  • WMA_P88-01-022
  • File
  • September 12, 1923
  • Part of Neal Carter

Panoramic photograph (composed of four photographs taped together) taken by Neal Carter on September 12, 1923 from Fissile Peak (formerly known as Red Mountain). Mountains that can be seen include Diavolo Peak, Parapet Peak, Mt. Isosceles, Copper Peak [now Mt. Price?], Mt. Mamquam, Castle Towers Mountain, the Tantalus Range, and the Cheakamus Glacier.

Caption: "UNCLIMBED AND UNMAPPED PEAKS - Panorama from Black M[oun]t[ain] - Sept. 12, 1923"

Caption: "Cha[rle]s Townsend beside Cairn on Wedge M[oun]t[ain] summit. - 1:15pm Sept. 10, [19]'23"

[Neal Carter has also traced the tips of a mountains and glaciers in view on the back of the photograph with a labels written backwards so that if you hold the photo up to the light, the labels appear superimposed on the image. The labels read Mt. Diavolo, Mt. Mamquam, Mt. Isosceles, Parapet Pk., Copper Peak, Cheakamus Glacier, Castle Towers, and The Tantalus Range. All mountain labels contain elevations.]

Garibaldi Glacier Resorts Limited Booklet

A booklet containing some of the history around the Garibaldi and Howe Sound areas, and the proposal and plan for a resort to be built near Garibaldi. It contains a plan to build a ski resort in the area, which ultimately ended up being Whistler.

Map

A map from a BCAA magazine showing the road to Diamond Head Chalet, but also shows many of the natural features of the surrounding area such as Vancouver, Squamish, Black Tusk, and Mt. Garibaldi

Snows of Garibaldi

A ski film made by Doug Sinclair, starring Jim McConkey and Guy Baervoets, showing off some skiing on Whistler Mountain. The video also shows some Hot Dogging, or Freestyle skiing. And also shows some back country heli-skiing with McConkey and Baervoets.

Community Input

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-008-031
  • File
  • 1999 - 2004
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents concerning community input in the RMOW. The file includes correspondence; survey questions; comment forms; activity charts and data tables. One item of correspondence includes a list of nominations for Legends of Whistler.

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