Looking back at the construction of the gothic arch huts of the Coast Mountains in the fall has also had us thinking of the current and future use of the backcountry, and what better way to explore this topic than in our very own backyard? Thursday, February 21 Jayson Faulkner of the Spearhead Huts Project […][...]
Join us Friday, November 2 to celebrate the opening of Coast Mountain Gothic: A History of the Coast Mountain Gothic Arch Huts with special guests Karl Ricker and Jayson Faulkner! Our latest temporary exhibit complements our online exhibit developed with the Virtual Museum of Canada. Gothic Arch Huts are modest yet iconic structures that played a […][...]
In the past we’ve covered the building of various backcountry huts situated around Whistler, beginning in the 1960s. Gothic arch huts have a place in much more recent history as well, as the Watersprite Lake Hut proves. After the completion of the North Creek Hut in the fall of 1986, the British Columbia Mountaineering Club […][...]
Over the past year the Whistler Museum and Archives Society, with the support of Virtual Museum of Canada, has been working on the release of a new online exhibit entitled: Coast Mountain Gothic. Gothic arch huts are modest yet iconic structures that played a major role in the exploration of the Coast Mountains of British […][...]