Four Alta Lake Sports Club newsletters from the winters of 1978 and 1979 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 the Fisher Ski Cup Race event cancellation and rescheduling due to weather, the date and time of the Labatts Tour/Race on the Lost Lake course, the Cariboo Marathon 50km Race from Lac La Hache to 100 Mile House, welcoming new club members, alpine downhill club member Raymond Massey, track preparation and preservation, requests for Lost Lake to be declared a municipal park, revised tour/race schedules, Alta Lake Sports Club membership application, a Labbatts Citizens Ski Tour/Race application form, a re-cap of the Labbatts Tour/Race including weather events and winners, blizzards, snow management, congratulations to a Vancouver Island Nordic Club member, Williams Lake High School Cross Country Championships, Alta Lake Sports Club ski shirts, a plea for the return of lost skis, a help wanted post for the Fisher Ski Races, request for membership dues , thank-yous to supporters of the Alta Lake Sports Club, a re-cap of the Molsons Tour-Race including racers and results, Vancouver and District High School Meet, successes of junior club members, the Vancouver International Marathon, the Bonnie Bell 10 km Woman's Only Race, limericks, BC Winter Games Times Trials, race categories, Mayor Pat Carlton's agreement to stop vehicles from driving on the Lost Lake course, and a suggested by-law, created by the Alta Lake Sports Club, for the preservation of the Lost Lake area.

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

Photographs of glacier scenery, construction of a t-bar, and skiing on Whistler Mountain, taken during the Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp (likely 1984).

Notes made by Alex Douglas in 2020:
015: "Noel Thompson putting in top station for T-bar"
019: "Noel Thompson and Dexter(?) putting in top station of T-bar"
029: "Camp all done for another summer. Glacier clean-up time."

File contains photographs of people skiing and building (a t-bar?) on the Whistler Glacier during one of the summer ski camps.

Notes made by Alex Douglas in 2020:
001: "Doug Matthewman skiing on glacier"
002: "Alex "Axel" Douglas skiing on glacier"
003: "Noel Thompson making cement bottom of T-bar counterweight"
004: "Whistler Thycole Snowcat driver "Dexter?" - Loading station of summer camp T-bar. Might be Bob Dufour cut off, right."
005: "Hole dug to put tower down on glacier ice. May 1976 to about 1984. Alex Douglas"
006: "upright of T-bar tower being moved up the slope by Whistler cat - mid 1980s"
007: "Eli Sigurdson and Noel Thompson in hole waiting for tower"
008: "Whistler cat moving tower into place on the glacier - Phil, Whistler staff"
009: "Bottom of tower which would get covered with snow by cat"
010: "Cat moving tower up onto glacier up road they built - May"
011: "Could be Phil or Dexter lining up top of tower pad"
012: "rather than hand dig holes, just have cat dig a trough around glacier and then backfill"
013: "I think Noel Thompson and Dexter"
015: "Tower 3 + 4 - Up. - Tower 1 (load station up) - Tower 2 still on the snow"
017: "Getting ready to string the cable for T-bar"
018: "Bottom of T-bar load station. Doug Matthewman, Noel Thompson, Eli Sigurdson"
019: "Eli Sigurdson on Whistler Snowcat"

Photographs of snowcats on Blackcomb Mt., taken at night.

Photographs of snowcats on Blackcomb Mt., taken at night.

Photographs of snowcats.