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Museum Musings: Poop or chaos? A Whistler sewer story

Museum Musings: Poop or chaos? A Whistler sewer story

Museum Musings: Before personal locator beacons and cellphones—SPOT the difference

Museum Musings: Before personal locator beacons and cellphones—SPOT the difference

Personal locator beacons and cellphones have completely changed the face of adventure in just 20 years.
Museum Musings: Whistler Mountain’s mighty rope tow

Museum Musings: Whistler Mountain’s mighty rope tow

Though often overshadowed by new gondolas, colourful chairlifts, and T-bars that open up exciting new terrain, rope tows are an important part of the history of skiing in Whistler.
Museum Musings: Dining on the mile-high mountain

Museum Musings: Dining on the mile-high mountain

The smell of fresh doughnuts, french fries made from scratch, and fine dining on the mountaintop...
Museum Musings: Whistler’s original on-mountain dining

Museum Musings: Whistler’s original on-mountain dining

'According to one story, when the wait time for food at the Roundhouse was long, hamburger patties were only cooked on one side to speed up the cook time.'
Museum Musings: Dusty’s infamous opening and closing parties

Museum Musings: Dusty’s infamous opening and closing parties

Museum Musings: Paying with Borgal Bucks

Museum Musings: Paying with Borgal Bucks

Do any former Whistler Mountain employees have old Dusty Dollars kicking around?
Museum Musings: Best in snow—the Volkswagen Beetle

Museum Musings: Best in snow—the Volkswagen Beetle

Fifty years ago, one car dominated the snow (and in Whistler): the Volkswagen Beetle.
Museum Musings: Having a blast

Museum Musings: Having a blast

The Pacific Great Eastern Railway, also known as the “Province’s Great Expense,” arrived in Alta Lake in 1914, bringing tourism as well as an increase in mining and forestry.
Museum Musings: Before the Fitzsimmons Express

Museum Musings: Before the Fitzsimmons Express