For the first decade of operations on Whistler Mountain, an abundance of snow was normal for the ski season. The season of 1973/74 was a record-setting winter, with Whistler Mountain recording a base of just over 5 m in the early spring. After so many seasons, most people had grown to expect Whistler always to […][...]
Next month we will be opening Land of Thundering Snow, a traveling exhibit created by the Revelstoke Museum & Archives. The exhibit complements Revelstoke Museum’s virtual exhibit of the same name, which examines the history and impact of snow avalanches across Canada, and we are very excited to be its first stop through March 2021! […][...]
We’ll be opening our 2020 Speaker Series with a screening of Pro Patrol, Curtis Petersen’s 1980 short documentary on ski patrol on Whistler Mountain, followed by a talk on changes in ski patrol and mountain safety with Roger McCarthy, Brian Leighton and Bruce Watt. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Show begins at 7pm. Tickets are $10 […][...]
Opportunities for continued learning and recreational programming are not always abundant in small communities. This was especially true before the internet made distance learning and online tutorials commonplace. In the 1970s and 80s in Whistler, Myrtle Philip Elementary School was the site of learning for more than just school aged kids. An adult education department […][...]