Feature Image: Snowmobilers take a break in front of Black Tusk. Judging by the sleds, this is probably from the early 1970s: however, unfortunately we do not have any details about this archival photograph. This year 60 is a big number. Whistler Mountain is celebrating its ‘diamond jubilee’. Another sixtieth anniversary of note is the […][...]
Last month (June 18) the Whistler Museum and the Point Artist-Run Centre hosted a film screening that featured 8mm film from our archives. The films, mainly from the 1950s and ’60s, included snippets of sailing on Alta Lake, pie eating contests at Cypress Lodge (today the Point), and even the 1958 hike where stew was […][...]
It’s not uncommon for a cold snap to result in frozen pipes that can lead to burst pipes and the ensuing damages and clean up. In November 1985, a sudden temperature drop to record lows between -22 and -24°C (reportedly -50°C with wind chill) caused pipes to freeze and burst in the Whistler Professional Building, […][...]
It’s likely that the groomed runs of Whistler or Blackcomb Mountains are some of the first images that come to mind when thinking about lift-accessed terrain in the Whistler area these days. For those who skied here in the early 1960s, however, lift-accessed terrain looked very different. The first motorized ski lift in the Whistler […][...]
