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 […][...]
Join us Wednesday January 20th at 6pm as Pacific Ski Air veterans Cliff Jennings and Jamie Pike share more photos and stories from this groundbreaking era. When: Wednesday January 20th; Doors at 6pm, show 7pm-9pmWhere: Whistler Museum (4333 Main Street, beside the Library)Who: Everyone!Cost: $10 regular price, $5 for museum members We expect this event […][...]
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 […][...]