Whistler Glacier

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Alan White photographs

File contains 12 large, mounted photographic prints of people at the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp. These photographs presumably belonged to or were taken by Alan White. All photos are stamped on the back: "D. Duerks / 173 St. Paul Street / Kamloops, BC / V2C 2J1."

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  • 001 - Two men in underwear riding up the t-bar. Labelled "Daniel / 80" on front. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 002 - Group of people hiking up to the top of the glacier, with skis left in the snow behind them. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 003 - People on skis on the mountain. Labelled "July 82, Whistler Mountain, D. Duerks" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 004 - People hiking up a rocky mountainside with skis. Labelled "July 82, Whistler Mountain, D. Duerks" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 005 - Some people and many skis on a snowy mountainside. Labelled "Daniel / 80" on front. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 006 - A long line of people walking along the glacier. Labelled "D. Duerks 7/81" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 007 - Two men riding up the t-bar, with a view of the valley in the background. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 008 - Two people windsurfing on a lake. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 009 - Young man doing a backflip on a trampoline. Labelled "D. Duerks 7/81" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 010 - Nancy Greene Raine standing with skis. Labelled "July 82, Whistler Mountain, D. Duerks" on back. 45.7 x 38 cm.
  • 011 - Toni Sailer in red with sunglasses. 47 x 39 cm.
  • 012 - Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp group photo, 1979. See ADOUGLAS-01-02-015 for identification of most subjects. 40.6 x 50.8 cm.

Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp [84]

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."

Skiing and construction on glacier

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"

Summer Ski Camp prints

File contains photographic prints of skiers in action; lifts, scenery and buildings on Whistler Mountain; and a TSSSC or DMSSC group photograph.

  • 001-010 - action shots of individuals skiing the glacier. (001 and 007 are duplicates of each other).
  • 011 - group photo of Summer Ski Camp staff and participants, circa 1990s.
  • 012 - glacier in summer 1979, "to the left of towers 1+2."
  • 013 - glacier in summer 1979, showing "all 4 towers."
  • 014 - glacier in summer 1979, "hiking out after a hard day."
  • 015 - two-photo panorama of the glacier t-bar in 1979, “glacier from tower 3, bump hill from tower 3.”
  • 016 - five-photo panorama of the glacier t-bar.
  • 017 - photo of the top of Red Chair in summer.
  • 018 - photo of the Whistler Mountain equipment barn.
  • 019 - photo of the Whistler Mountain Roundhouse in summer.
  • 020-021 - photos of a ski run on Whistler's glacier.

Notes made by Alex Douglas in 2020:
001: "Alex Douglas on Whistler Glacier early 1980s, Greg Griffith or Harvey Soicher photo"
002, 006-007: "Alex Douglas "Axel" Salomon boots. Ski Patrol pack on waist, Greg Griffith or Harvey Soicher photo, Whistler Glacier"
003-004: "Alex "Axel" Douglas, Whistler Glacier, maybe late 1970s or early 1980s, Greg Griffith or Harvey Soicher photo"
005: "Alex "Axel" Douglas, skiing down main summer camp slope (which was steep), rope line for lanes on right of photo"
008: "Alex "Axel" Douglas with ski patrol pack on waist. Salomon boots. RACE DAY, practicing"
009: "Race practice, Alex "Axel" Douglas, Whistler Glacier, 1978 or 1979"
010: "More DMSSC than TSSSC, mid 1980s, Alex "Axel" Douglas on Whistler Glacier"
011: "Group photo, Whistler Glacier, TSSSC Adult Camp between 1980-1983. Left side to right side [with many names missing inbetween]: Wayne Wong (white shirt), Alex Douglas (yellow shirt), Nurse Heather, Doug Matthewman (blue pants), Toni Sailer (dark blue top), Greg Lee (blue top), Stephanie Sloan (pink top), Floyd Wilkie, Linda McLennan from Seymour, Bob Dufour (standing, leaning on poles)."
014: "This is the Whistler Glacier, summer camp 1st week of August after very warm summer. I cleaned up for 3 full days. Slept on the mountain."
015: "Taken from top of T-bar. August after camp finished before T-bar dismantled (only took about 3 or 4 days)"
017: "Alex Douglas, NIssan Multi driven to top maintenance building August 1984. Red Chair and Little Red Chair"
020-021: "Very hot summer, last days of DMSSC, lots of glacier ice showing"

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp 1979

DVD contains footage of the 1979 Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp. This includes the drive from Vancouver up to Whistler, unloading the bus, hiking up to the glacier, riding the gondola/chairlift/t-bars, skiing, a mountaintop picnic, the construction site of Whistler Village, the Whistler mascot, and various outdoor activities such as tennis, volleyball, and trampolining. No background music.

The DVD also includes three 'music videos,' each 1 minute long.