Tag: snowmaking

Museum Musings
Ski-Town Stories

Making It SnowMaking It Snow

January 11, 2022 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

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 […][...]

Environment & Biodiversity
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The Snow (or not) of 1976-77The Snow (or not) of 1976-77

January 21, 2020 Whistler Museum 3 Comments

by John Hetherington, WMAS President November 1976 was dry, with a cold north wind blowing into December. From the time that Whistler Mountain opened for skiing in 1966 through the 1975-76 season, there had always been plenty of snow, with extraordinary snowfall amounts in the 1966-67, 1968-69, 1971-72, and 1973-74 seasons (1973-74 is still stated […][...]