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The Hannes Schneider Ski Technique

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1938

Author: Rybizka, Benno

Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company

Call Number: 01.5 R95t

Author: Rybizka, Benno

Responsibility: Benno Rybizka

Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company

Published Date: 1938

Physical Description: xvi, 109 pages : illustrations, plates, 2 portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Skiing; Guidebook; Sports; Austria

Abstract: Pertains to the ski technique developed by Hannes Schneider as explained by his former assistant Benno Rybizka - includes photographs

Contents: Foreward by Hannes Schneider Introduction Equipment Learn to Walk and Climb Downhill Running The First Two Fundamental Exercises The Third Fundamental Exercise Speed Turns Jump Turns and Terrain Jumps Skiing and the Hannes Schneider Technique

Notes: Inscribed “ Elizabeth Rummel - Howard Carlson, Assiniboine, March 1940”; Benno Rybizka - former assistant to Hannes Schneider at St. Anton am Arlberg in the Austrian Tyrol

Accession Number: TBD

Call Number: 01.5 R95t

Collection: Archives Library

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The snowy torrents : avalanche accidents in the United States, 1967-71

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1975

Author: Williams, Knox

Call Number: 03.5 W67

Author: Williams, Knox

Published Date: 1975

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Skiing

Call Number: 03.5 W67

Collection: Archives Library

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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1977

Author: Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)

Publisher: Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon

Call Number: 08.3 B22b

Author: Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)

Publisher: Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 64p. : ill., port

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Brewster family; Dairies; Mining; Skiing

Notes: Contents: Sunshine area: William Twin (p.9-14); Sir George Simpson (p.15-22); Simpson Register (p.22); George Mercer Dawson (p.23-24); Joe Heely and George Brewster (p.25-28); Bill Peyto (p.29-43); A.O. Wheeler (p.45-49);Sunshine route and early days of skiing: Bill Neish (p.49-51); Arthur Unwin (p.52-54);Gus Johnson, Conrad Kain and Hilliard Hartin (p.53); Dick Smith (p.55-59); Lou Crosby (p. 60-61) .Mount Brewster and Brewster Rock (p.62-64)

Accession Number: 6340; 10500; 13500

Call Number: 08.3 B22b

Collection: Archives Library

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The preparation of artificial snow and ice surfaces for the XI Olympic Winter Games, Sapporo : WMO-5: Modification of snowfall, snow cover and ice cover

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1972

Author: Kuroiwa, D

Call Number: 03.5 K96 Pam

Author: Kuroiwa, D

Responsibility: by D. Kuroiwa (and) E.R. LaChapelle

Published Date: 1972

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Skiing

Call Number: 03.5 K96 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1977

Author: Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'

Publisher: [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]

Edition: second edition

Call Number: 08.3 B74w Pam

Author: Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'

Responsibility: F.O. 'Pat' Brewster

Edition: second edition

Publisher: [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 64 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Brewster, Pat; Brewster family; Banff (residents); Skiing; Biography

Abstract: Pertains to the people and experiences which had influenced the author, Pat Brewster, a lifelong Banff resident, during the course of his life. Brewster refers to men such as Bill Peyto and Sir George Simpson and the ways in which their work had influenced his life, through both direct and indirect contact. Additionally, the author shares personal stories about his experience skiing and the development of Sunshine Ski area.

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 08.3 B74w Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadiana

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1936

Author: Brian, Rupert

Publisher: The Sportsman

Call Number: 01.5 B86c Pam

Author: Brian, Rupert

Responsibility: by Rupert Brian

Publisher: The Sportsman

Published Date: 1936

Physical Description: 4 pages ; illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Assiniboine, Mount; Banff; Lake Louise ski area; Norquay, Mount; Ski areas; Skiing; Skoki; Sunshine ski area

Notes: Contents: All aboard the ski specials -- Fine feathers -- The great outdoors -- Never trust a rabbit; Clipping from the December 1936 issue of The Sportsman; Contains an advertisement titled Winter Sports Banff and the Canadian Rockies; Original copy of the article