Whistler Museum
4333 Main Street V0N 1B4 Whistler, BC, Canada

At first we weren't sure which chair was pictured here, but after finding a picture of the lift under construction in 1978 we determined it was the Little Red Chair. This was the only lift built on Whistler Mountain in 1978 and it remained in place until 1992 when the original two-person Red Chair was replaced with a quad chair. Photos: Benjamin Collection,1980 & Whistler Question Collection, 1978 . . . #whistler #whistlermuseum #archives #history #mountaintown #mywhistler #mountains #whistlermountain #whistlerhistory #whistlerblackcomb #chairlift #littlered #helicopter #construction #onlyinwhistler #bcmuseum #localhistory

Ready for another round of Name That Run? We'll be posting more throughout January, testing your ability to identify a run based on just a single photograph. Difficulty levels will vary. Photo: Whistler Question Collection, 1980 . . . #whistler #whistlermuseum #archives #history #mountaintown #mywhistler #mountains #whistlermountain #blackcombmountain #whistlerhistory #whistlerblackcomb #chairlift #namethatrun #onlyinwhistler #bcmuseum #localhistory

Last week we took a look at the response to Blackcomb Mountain's first traffic jam, when Lorne Borgal, Hugh Smythe, and Al Raine ended up directing traffic on Highway 99 in the dark and snow. When moving over to Whistler Mountian in 1983, Borgal brought this idea that performing duties outside of your own job description could have valuable benefits and made it into policy.... http://blog.whistlermuseum.org//switching-jobs-on-whistler/

Leaning up your skis can be an art form or a demonstration of dominos - apparently the conclusion was that the owners of the Rossignol skis on the far left was at fault for this collapse behind the Carleton Lodge. Photo: Whistler Question Collection, 1983 . . . #whistler #whistlermuseum #archives #history #mountaintown #mywhistler #mountains #whistlermountain #whistlerhistory #whistlerblackcomb #blackcombmountain #whistlervillage #skihistory #onlyinwhistler #bcmuseum #localhistory

We thought we'd play a round of Name That Run today! Even though the photo was taken 20 to 40 years ago, this one should still be pretty easy to recognize. Photo: Greg Griffith Collection . . . #whistler #whistlermuseum #archives #history #mountaintown #mywhistler #mountains #whistlerhistory #whistlerblackcomb #namethatrun #onlyinwhistler #bcmuseum #localhistory

Some winters are colder than others, but that never stopped those living at Alta Lake from working outside.