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Photographs of interior and exterior shots of a helicopter for Tyax Heli-ski, people skiing in fresh powder on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, Whistler Village in winter, a horse carriage with passengers in the snow, cross-country skiers near Whistler Village with Delta Mountain Inn/Hilton Whistler Resort in the background, fireworks and the Torchlight Parade at Creekside on Whistler Mountain with the Gondola Barn and parking lot below, Blackcomb Mountain in winter, and Roundhouse Lodge and Pika's Restaurant with crowds of skiers out front for apres ski.

Captions:
011: "WHISTLER VILLAGE CROWDS"
013: "WHISTLER VILLAGE"
017: "CHATEAU WHISTLER"
018: "BLACKCOMB MTN"
020: "TOP OF WHISTLER MTN"

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Photographs of freestyle skiing on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain, the inukshuk on Whistler Peak, Birkenhead Peak, and views of locations on Whistler Mountain. Skiers include: Joe Lammers, Hugo Harrison, Kevin Langlois, Chad Hendren, Cara Dollan, and Dan Treadway.

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Photographs of someone snowboarding in the high alpine, Olivier Roy snowboarding in the Blackcomb Mountain backcountry, Greg Daniels snowboarding Whistler Mountain, Derek Heidt snowboarding at the Westbeach Classic in Whistler, Andrew Murphy heli-boarding on Powder Mountain, and skiers on Piccolo in Symphony Bowl.

Blackcomb Resort Magic Volume 1 Spring 1988

The Magic magazine released by Blackcomb Mountain, volume 1, spring 1988.
Table of Contents:
3 The Art of the Grand Resort
5 A Passion for Building
2 The Blackcomb Vision
4 Summer Magic
Articles include information on Myrtle and Alex Philip opening Rainbow Lodge, the development of the resort on Blackcomb Mountain, grand hotels at resorts like the Chateau Whistler, driving the Sea to Sky Highway, living in Whistler, summer activities, Bosa Development Corp. building Blackcomb Mountain, how Blackcomb Mountain's previous season went, and development of hotels on Blackcomb Mountain.

Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletters

Two Resort Municipality of Whistler newsletters from February 1979 and March 1981 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding a Garibaldi Lift Company announcement to develop the North Face of Whistler Mountain, the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain by Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd, the sod turning ceremony of the Town Core [Whistler Village], announcement for a contract for underground parking, the announcement that Arnold Palmer Enterprises set to design an 18 hole golf course [Whistler Golf Course], the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department, private water systems, the Information Center, thank-yous to council members, welcomes to newly elected council members, highway improvements to the north, subdivision paving, overnight camping, Health Center and ambulance service, efforts to establish an R.C.M.P detachment, establishment of a ski train, television and radio reception, bylaws to control dogs and noise, taxes, establishing a municipal works yard, employee housing, schools, road maintenance, garbage service, zoning, recreational facilities, legal costs, budgets, flooding, gas utilities, Municipal Hall, bus transportation, Sunday shopping, construction, the cemetery, and the Cheakamus River.

Saudan Couloir Posters

Three Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme posters featuring paintings by Brent Lynch of skiers dressed in fighter pilot gear as well as a dramatized steep ski race course [Saudan Couloir on Blackcomb Mountain]. The posters list dates, categories, and sponsors near the bottom.

Dates:
001: 1990
002: 1991
003: 1992

Chateau Whistler Construction

Chateau Whistler Resort Construction crew group portrait with construction still underway in the background, Summer [1989?].

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