From World Cup downhills to IronMan triathlons to the annual October Turkey Trot, Whistler has been the host of countless athletic competitions and events featuring many different sports. The Alta Lake Sports Club was founded in 1975 and, though a lot of their efforts went to organizing cross-country ski trails and events, the group soon […][...]
While the Alta Lake Sports Club (ALSC) was founded in 1975 to “organize and encourage participation in outdoor sports at all levels of ability in the Whistler area and beyond,” in the winter months the ALSC was all about cross country skiing. Members organized events in Whistler and competed in races with other clubs around the […][...]
If you’re a regular reader of Museum Musings or our Whistorical blog, you’ll remember that last week we looked at the first Fun Fitness Swim in Whistler, which was sponsored by Molson’s in 1979. For decades, many competitions and events in Whistler were sponsored by companies like Molson’s and Labatts, from fun swimming events to […][...]
In may technically still be (and at times even feel) like summer, but for many people the beginning of September signals the beginning of fall. While many people will have spent this weekend celebrating a certain beverage at the Whistler Beer Festival, in the 1980s this past weekend would have featured a celebration of the […][...]