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Whistler Trail Standards: Environmental and Technical Trail Features - First Draft, September 2001

First draft of Whistler Trail Standards: Environmental and Technical Trail Features, written by Andrew DeBoer of the Whistler Cycling Committee in September 2001. The document outlines trail standards, their environmental guidelines, and their management, as part of a project to further develop Whistler's reputation as a destination resort for mountain biking.

Table of Contents:

1) Author's Notes
2) Table of Contents
3) Introduction
4) Trails and Land Use

  • Land Use Directions
  • Trail Types
  • Mountain Bike Trail Difficulty Levels
  • Compatibility Matrix

5) Supporting Standards

  • Environmental Guidelines
  • Specific Recommendations for Trails Near Aquatic Environments
  • Specific Recommendations for Bridges
  • Specific Recommendations for Trails
  • Use of Machinery

6) Trail Head Signage Level Specific Wording
7) Fall Zone Standards
8) Maintenance Standards
9) Construction Standards

  • Safety
  • Strength and Stability
  • TTF Design Philosophy
  • TTF Height and Width
  • Construction Practices
  • Bridge Rung Spacing
  • Bridge Surfacing

10) Application of Policy
11) Terminology

Whistler Cycling Committee

Callaghan

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-004-002
  • File
  • 1990 - 2004
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents concerning the Callaghan area. The file includes correspondence; a draft of the Callaghan Valley Nordic Sports Centre Preliminary Concept Plan; documents pertaining to a tour of the Callaghan Valley, including maps; a copy of the 1991 Callaghan Valley Management Strategy.

Basalt Extraction in Whistler Interpretive Forest

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-003-002
  • File
  • 1995 - 1999
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents concerning basalt extraction in the Whistler Interpretive Forest. File includes related correspondence; Report of Inspector of Mines for the Whistler Basalt Quarry; comments on a PowerPoint presentation; drafts of correspondence; discussion notes; information on the associated mineral claim; printed copy of the RMOW Ministry of Mines presentation; application for a reclamation permit and invitation to comment on that reclamation permit; draft Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Energy and Mines and the RMOW respecting a working relationship related to management of mineral/aggregate activities within RMOW's LRUP; draft of Ministry of Energy and Mines LRUP for review of Conditional Staking Reserves.

First Recreation Master Plan

This item is the Resort Municipality's first recreation master plan technical drawing by Trevor Roote. The file contains a three year (1981-1983) program - recreation land development prepared by Trevor Roote, and the sketch was used at public meetings to promote a referendum which raised two million dollars. The funds were used to start building the valley floor recreation facilities like parks, trails, and beaches. The original plan was produced by a volunteer ad hoc committee including Trevor Roote, Al Raine, Murray Coates, Sid Young and Cesar Gianna.

Investing in the Dream

The 2010 Olympic Winter Games budget for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, released in 2008. The manual covers an executive summary, an introduction to the budget, information about what will happen in Whistler after the games and proposed long term plans, how the Olympic games will provide Whistler with long-lasting legacies, the projected return on investments for Whistler, Whistler's investments in the games (both direct and indirect), and a breakdown of the budget by area.

The AWARE Conserver Newsletter - Issue #22, January 2002

Issue #22 of the newsletter "The AWARE Conserver," dated January 2002.

Contents:

  • "Message from the President - Whistler. It's Our Nature"
  • "SLRD [Squamish-Lillooet Regional District] News"
  • "Doing Well by Doing Good"
  • "First Steps for the Natural Step"
  • "Tina Symko Joins AWARE"
  • "Recent Conferences - Climate Change Research in BC, Smart Growth"
  • "AWARE AGM"

Whistler Pride Production Binder - January 23-31, 2016

Whistler Pride Production Binder for January 23-31, 2016. Most items in the binder relate to the advertisement, sponsorship, regulations, VIP customers, and legal release forms of the 2016 Whistler Pride festival.

Additional items include 2016 RMOW "Pride Week" Proclamation, Whistler Pride event itineraries, promotion cards, signs, tickets, volunteer passes, twitter exposure, and memorabilia cards, and various itineraries, cards, and booklets for other Pride events.

Arbour Day 1992

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-005-002
  • File
  • 1992 - 1995
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents pertaining to Arbour Day, 1992. File includes an invitation from the RMOW to the Minister of Forests for the 1992 Whistler Arbour Day; plant material lists; Arbour Day Site lists; various correspondence concerning Arbour Day; diagrams or drafts of Arbour Day plans; Planting Stock notes; School Tour notes; Mountain FM interview notes; Don MacLaurin's "to-do" lists for Arbour Day planning; an Application for Special Event Permit; some notes, plant lists, and correspondence related to Arbour Day 1993; some notes, school tour itineraries, "to-do" lists, correspondence, site lists related to Arbour Day 1994.

The file also includes lists and correspondence related to Arbour Day 1995; budget notes and related correspondence; notes for a demonstration forest meeting;1992 National Forest Week Community Coordinators' Information Forms and Order Forms; correspondence regarding National Forestry Week and Arbour Day; handout titled "What to Do During National Forest Week"; announcement for a National Forest Week poster contest and related information; correspondence regarding a community tree planting program; final report titled "National Forest Week - 1991 'Tomorrow's Forests - Today's Challenge".

The file also includes Arbour Day display and event notes; Arbour Day organization meeting notes; inspection walk notes; correspondence regarding Arbour Day badges and associated drafts; sketched pruning map; Don MacLaurin's scheduling and "to-do" lists; planning notes; final preparation notes; contact information notes; copy of cheque from Millar Creek Developments Ltd.; Arbour Day trail, display, and planning notes and sketches; Arbour Day community groups planning and planting site notes; Arbour Day supplier and material lists.

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