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Extra photographs that did not fit into Alex Douglas's albums. Subject include building the T-bar, skiing, snowy mountain vistas, Alta Lake, Whistler Mountain, snowshoeing, Red Chair, Vancouver, hotdogging, treewells, wildlife, and snowcats.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (109-3) – Jan 1981, “new Ford Courier at Seymour.”
  • 003 (112-17) – “TSSSC 1981, bottom station and terminal tower.”
  • 008 (49-20) – May-June 1978, “nice shoot, Whistler Bowl after [blasting?]”
  • 012 (108-18) – Dec-Jan 1980/81, “kids on Seymour.”
  • 013 (6-22) – August 12-14 1976, “chair lift Seymour.”
  • 014 (109-6) – Jan 1981, “one girl snowshoeing.”
  • 015 (114-20) – [June 1981], “Mike + me.”
  • 016 (112-19) – TSSSC 1981, “rock pile, note snow level.”
  • 017 (111-18) – April 1981, “truck up in Seymour Parking lot with the most snow we had all year.”
  • 018 (110-20) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 019 (111-13) – April 1981, “view of Seymour from Springer St.”
  • 020 (111-11) – April 1981, “truck and house on Springer.”
  • 021 (110-18) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 067 (117-11) – [1981], “of the Government Cabin.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Summer Camp building T-bar 1976

Photographs of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1976.

Note made by Alex Douglas in 2020: "Taking T-bar apart - August 1976"

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (2-16) – July-August 1976, “taking cable down.”
  • 002 (3-1) – August 1976, “Truck stuck in mud near top of Green chair.”
  • 003 (3-3 or -4) – August 1976, “Truck stuck in mud near top of Green chair.”
  • 004 (3-6) – August 1976, “no comment, get an even sun tan.”
  • 005 (3-7) – August 1976, “tower one.”
  • 006 (3-9) – August 1976, “Whistler [Bombardier] in picture, Tower 2.”
  • 007 (3-11) – August 1976, “Digging out tower.”
  • 008 (3-14) – August 1976, “Top station taking down.”
  • 009 (3-17) – August 1976, “Get tower 2 out.”
  • 010 (3-18) – August 1976, “Get tower 2 out.”
  • 011 (4-6) – August 1976, “Tower 3 afternoon.”
  • 012 (4-11) – August 1976, “Climb to top, Dave.”
  • 013 (4-12) – August 1976, “At top telephoto.”
  • 014 (7-3) – August 1976, “Building road up rocks.”
  • 015 (7-4) – August 1976, “Building road up rocks.”
  • 016 (7-6) – August 1976, “Putting towers on rocks.”
  • 017 (7-7) – August 1976, “Putting towers on rocks.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp Building T-bar 1977

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1977.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (28-4) – June 1977, “Tower 2 raising.”
  • 002 (28-5) – June 1977, “Plowing road to tower 2.”
  • 003 (28-9) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable. 9 about the best.”
  • 004 (28-11) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable.”
  • 005 (28-13) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new trash. P-13 has old trash out.”
  • 006 (28-14) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new trash.”
  • 007 (28-18) – June 1977, “Bringing down the main cable on the cat.”
  • 008 (28-19) – June 1977, “Bringing down the main cable on the cat.”
  • 009 (28-21) – June 1977, “Danny pushing the [cable?] under the [idler] wheels.”
  • 010 (28-22) – June 1977, “Another shot of glacier. Noel coming down in Cat.”
  • 011 (29-2) – June 1977, “Mike + Nole on a tower nice back drop.”
  • 012 (29-3) – June 1977, “Mike, Nole, Alex putting cable on wheels.”
  • 013 (29-4) – June 1977, “Mike, Nole, Alex putting cable on wheels.”
  • 014 (29-6) – June 1977, “Nole + Mike on tensioner.”
  • 015 (29-10) – June 1977, “[Crud] cab on top of Whistler.”
  • 016 (37-2) – August 12 1977, “Helicopter at tower one, good shot of back of snow.”
  • 017 (37-18) – August 12 1977, “Our stuff (towers) on the rocks.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building T-bar 1978-79

Photographs of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain in 1978 and 1979.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (49-11) – May-June 1978, “T.S.S.S.C. [Bombardier] carrying towers.”
  • 002 (49-12) – May-June 1978, “Noel + Dan in [Bombardier] with tower tied on. Note bottom station in back ground.”
  • 003 (49-13) – May-June 1978, “Lowering the tower into holes with [Bombardier.]”
  • 004 (49-14) – May-June 1978, “Lowering the tower into holes with [Bombardier.]”
  • 005 (49-16) – May-June 1978, “centering tower once in hole.”
  • 006 (49-17) – May-June 1978, “blasting main cornice.”
  • 007 (49-18) – May-June 1978, “cornice coming down.”
  • 008 (49-22) – May-June 1978, “Base Station dug out.”
  • 009 (50-3) – June 1978, “filling up around [tensioner?] tower.”
  • 010 (50-4) – June 1978, “Digging bottom station deeper.”
  • 011 (50-5) – June 1978, “Floyd getting ready for cable to be put on a [bullwheel].”
  • 012 (50-6) – June 1978, “Floyd getting ready for cable to be put on a [bullwheel].”
  • 013 (50-8) – June 1978, “Floyd down in the hole for the Platter.”
  • 014 (50-10) – June 1978, “Hanging T’s on the cable.”
  • 015 (60-22) – August 1978, “Tower 2, 3, and top from top Whistler.”
  • 016 (61-20) – August-September 1978, “distance from tower pile to snow.”
  • 017 (61-19) – August-September 1978, “distance from tower pile to snow.”
  • 018 (61-18) – August-September 1978, “From Base station to top of Glacier, nice shot.”
  • 019 (61-21) – August-September 1978, “Good shot of glacier with [crevasses] and rocks.”
  • 020 (72-1) – June 1979, “Using a chain saw to dig tower 1.”
  • 021 (72-3) – June 1979, “Top station area for tower 1.”
  • 022 (72-5) – June 1979, “Note top station and height about snow.”
  • 023 (72-6) – June 1979, “Nole welding top of tower.”
  • 024 (72-8) – June 1979, “Rocks on tower 1 base.”
  • 025 (72-9) – June 1979, “Danny wiring tower 3.”
  • 026 (72-10) – June 1979, “Tower 2 being put together.”
  • 027 (72-13) – June 1979, “Tower 1 after it fell over.”
  • 028 (72-14) – June 1979, “Nole pushing snow under tower one to raise it up.”
  • 029 (73-1) – June 1979, “Danny’s truck stuck on road to top of [red?]”
  • 030 (73-2) – June 1979, “Putting cable onto cat for trip to top.”
  • 031 (73-3) – June 1979, “Getting ready to hoist cable unto top bull wheel.”
  • 032 (73-6) – June 1979, “Pulling tangles out of spool while running the cable.”
  • 033 (73-11) – June 1979, “putting engine on the cat.”
  • 034 (73-8) – June 1979, “Getting ready to put cable on bottom bull wheel.”
  • 035 (73-13) – June 1979, “Floyd + Danny putting T’s together.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'