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Blackcomb Whistler Higher Ground Booklet

Promotional booklet advertising upcoming developments on Whistler Mountain, made possible by the investment of $24 million in the resort by Intrawest. These include a new high-speed detachable quad chairlift for the peak, improved alpine trails, the reintroduction of Franz's Chair, the complete renovation of the Roundhouse Lodge, and the redevelopment of Creekside base. The pamphlet includes modern photographs of the peak, archival photographs (Myrtle and Alex Philip and others on Whistler Mountain; Alan White, Nancy Greene, Roy Ferris, and Toni Sailer; and Rob Boyd) and concept art for the new Creekside.

Whistler Mountain News - Spring 1991

Whistler Mountain News newsletter given out to guests and pass holders in Spring 1991. Articles include:

  • Will the Peak Chair open today?
  • 25th Anniversary Celebrations continue
  • "In Style" by Gary Athans
  • The Green Chair
  • Ski Scamps Special Events
  • The Half Pipe

1980-1989

Photographs of skiing, paragliding, tobogganing, children and adults in costume, chairlifts, Ski Scamps, a husky dog, a camera operator and news reporter, Black Tusk, 7th Heaven, avalanches, Blackcomb Mountain, and Whistler Mountain. The subseries also includes photographs of Stephanie Sloan, Nancy Greene Raine, Tom Kerr, Eric Griffith.

Inscription on printed paper included with photographs : "Greg Griffith collection Box 1 / The original cardboard box which the Museum received had the following listed on the side: / 1. Whistler Mountain / 2. Blackcomb views / 3. Powder close up / 4. Skiers on runs / 5. Kids and families / 6. Powder and views".

Slides

Photographs of a ski race on Whistler Mountain with Whistler Village below, a barbecue with people cooking food on a mountaintop, early construction of Tapley's Neighbourhood Pub taken with a fisheye lens, the base of Whistler Mountain with a ski race course, a group of people playing volleyball, an ice bar on the mountain, a fire at a house or cabin with a firetruck and firefighters, a man dressed in costume, Nancy Greene Raine, Whistler Village and Upper Village in winter including Wizard Chair, a child playing at the miniature golf course, a crowd of skiers, and a Whiskey Jack on a pair of skis and eating out of someones hand.

Brown 4

Photographs taken by Greg Griffiith depicting Stephanie Sloan, Dave Murray, and Nancy Greene skiing Blackcomb Mountain, and unidentified chairlifts.

Griffith, Greg

Slides

Photographs of people canoeing on a lake, Highway 99 near Creekside with the Husky Gas Station & Store, windsurfers on Alta Lake, mountain views of Black Tusk and Garibaldi Provincial Park, Brandywine Falls, people skiing on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains including a blind skier, a line of chairs for the new chairlifts on Whistler Mountain, construction of Whistler Village, and opening day of Nancy Greene Olympic Lodge with a skiing convoy with flags down Whistler Mountain to Whistler Village.

Captions:
008: "Chairs for new lifts"

Slides

Photographs of children riding bikes on the Valley Trail, Alta Lake in summer, women sunbathing on a dock, Alta Lake as seen from a boat on the lake, a group of people enjoying the sun on a dock, and the base of Blackcomb Mountain, Upper Village, and the Chateau Whistler Resort as seen from Wizard Express chairlift on Blackcomb Mountain. Also includes photographs of people rock climbing in the Tantalus Range, a busy day in Village Square in summer, an aerial view of Whistler Village with Whistler Mountain in the background, Whistler Golf Course with Whistler Mountain in the background, a sunset over Howe Sound, Nancy Greene Raine skiing on Blackcomb Mountain in the summer, a group of people posed on a ski hill with ski equipment on, a person rock climbing up a steep cliff, and woman rowing a boat with a child in the summer on Alta Lake.

Captions:
007: "Summer/Whistler Rock Climbing, Tantalus Range, B.C."
008: "VILLAGE SQUARE WHISTLER"
009: "Summer/Whistler Village Summer in Whistler Village"
011: "AERIAL - WHISTLER VILLAGE + BLACKCOMB"
012: "Summer/Whistler Whistler"
014: "Summer- British Columbia Howe Sound"
015, 018: "NANCY GREENE - SUMMER SKI, BLACKCOMB"

Transparencies

Photographs of aerials of Blackcomb Mountain, a large crowd enjoying apres ski at Roundhouse Lodge, a group portrait of the staff for Blackcomb Mountain including Nancy Green Raine, Catskinner Chair with Rendezvous Lodge in the background, Rendezvous Lodge that also includes Saudan Couloir in the background and Solar Coaster, Catskinner Chair, and Jersey Cream Chair; 7th Heaven including 7th Heaven Express and Horstman Hut with Whistler Mountain in the background, and Horstman Glacier in the foreground with Horstman T-Bar.

Textual material

A mix of documents collected by Greg Griffith, including (what appears to be) a rough draft of a document about Pro Patrol (Ski Patrol), a letter from Hugh Smythe detailing season pass information and new developments on Blackcomb, and a Whiski Jacks Resorts newsletter.

1978-1995

Photographs of ski racing events (including Dave Murray Masters Ski Camps races), Whistler Village in the winter, aerial photographs of Whistler Village, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, Christmas lights, skiing, night photography, ski runs, lakes, cross-country skiing, dogsledding, hot tubs, swimming pools, Snowcats, adaptive skiing, chairlifts, ski gear, Phil Chew, Franz Weber, Andreas Kikaukau, Bobby Swann, Alan Carsen, Kevin Mann, Andrew German, Nancy Greene Raine, Rob Boyd, Dave Murray, Peter Mueller, Alberto Ghidoni, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Brian Stemmle, and Felix Belczyk. The identified sponsoring companies include Labatt Brewing Company and Molson Canadian.

This file consists of previously labeled file "Box 3 File 5" and the section "SKI RACING OLD [PNA], SPEED, ETC." from "Box 5 of 6."
Originally labeled "Box 3 File 5" was accompanied by a typed and printed piece of paper by the archivist that reads, "From here on I ran / out of archival files of / the right size so / prints are in original / sleeves"

These accompanying pieces of paper are included in the newly organized file as to identify original context and order.

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