Museum Musings

Whistler Mountain’s Mountain Hostesses 'specialized in fun'

'It is not uncommon to head off on a trip and find yourself running into people you know from home, no matter how far you’ve gone or how small your community is'

'When Glen Creelman arrived in the Whistler area in 1960, it wasn’t for the skiing or fishing'

'Not all summer residents of Alta Lake came to the area for the fishing or a mountain holiday'

For those who skied Whistler in the early 1960s, lift-accessed terrain looked very different

'Exhibit visits increased by an impressive 20 per cent, reaching a total of 19,735 visitors, while an additional 9,713 participants attended our events and external programs'

'According to Sack, the two-by-four race remained “the funniest thing I’ve seen on skis” and a feat only Dave Murray would have attempted'

'Though Murray nixed the anvil and anchor Sack had originally proposed, he did consent to race on the pair of two-by-four planks that had been dubbed “Crazy Canuck Demos”'

'The odds might have been stacked in Sack’s favour, but he wasn’t proposing to race against just any skier'