Tag: Glen McPherson

Pacific Ski Air – Whistler’s First Heli-ski OperationPacific Ski Air – Whistler’s First Heli-ski Operation

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With our upcoming Speaker Series about the origins of heli-skiing in Whistler, we thought we’d delve a little deeper into the Pacific Ski Air story. Among the many ski industry-altering innovations that have occurred here in Whistler, it is often under-appreciated that, as far as we can tell, Whistler was the first ski resort to […][...]

Helicopters, Hats & HummingbirdsHelicopters, Hats & Hummingbirds

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By Jaimie Fedorak, Summer Collections Assistant While looking through our artifact collection this summer we stumbled upon a familiar item: an Okanagan Helicopters baseball cap in the trademark orange and blue. We recognized the cap’s distinctive hummingbird logo because a helicopter enthusiast we know [Editor’s note: Jaimie’s father] has the exact same hat, but we were unsure why […][...]