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Behind the pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13585
- Responsibility
- story and photos by Andrew Wexler
- Physical Description
- p.41-47 : ill
- Subjects
- Mountain guides
- Notes
- In Gripped, vol.10, no. 3 (June / July 2008). Article pertains to the history of the ACMG (Association of Canadian Mountain Guides)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bugaboo dreams : a story of skiers, helicopters and mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13824
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.4 B87d c.1
- 01.4 B87d c.2
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 293 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Canadian Mountain Holidays
- Kain, Conrad
- Gmoser, Hans
- Mountain guides
- Renner, Sepp
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Wiegele, Mike
- Notes
- Pertains to Hans Gmoser and development of helicopter skiing and mountain adventure with mountaineers Leo Grillmair, Sepp Renner, Rudi Gertsch and Mike Wiegele
- Accession Number
- 50500 2009-09-02
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 01.4 B87d c.1
- 01.4 B87d c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Bugaboo dreams : a story of skiers, helicopters and mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14816
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- GV854 D66
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 293 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Canadian Mountain Holidays
- Kain, Conrad
- Gmoser, Hans
- Mountain guides
- Renner, Sepp
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Wiegele, Mike
- Notes
- Pertains to Hans Gmoser and development of helicopter skiing and mountain adventure with mountaineers Leo Grillmair, Sepp Renner, Rudi Gertsch and Mike Wiegele
- ISBN
- 9781897522110
- Call Number
- GV854 D66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The CAA's oral history project
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12284
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Everts, Christine
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Everts, Christine
- Physical Description
- p.55-59 : ill
- Subjects
- Mountain guides
- Wardens
- Notes
- In Avalanche News, vol.67 (Winter 2003). -- Project documents the origins and history of the Canadian avalanche industry with interviews of avalanche pioneers: Tim Auger, Herb Bleuer, Geoff Freer, Hans Gmoser, Toni Klettl, Ron Perla, Willi Pfisterer, Gord Ritchie, Brad Geisler, Peter Schaerer, Jim Sime, Norm Wilson. Report will be published in installments in Avalanche News
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- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Canadian Alps : the history of mountaineering in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3371
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Banff : Altitude
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sa5
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Banff : Altitude
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 296p. : ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Mountain guides
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0-919381-55-3
- Accession Number
- 23000
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sa5
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber's guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Responsibility
- Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- [244] pages
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Guide
- Mountain guides
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Pertains to a comprehensive climbing guide based on the mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The book was likely to be considered an invaluable resource for mountaineers based on the complexity and detail of the information provided. In detail, the guide offers insight into the approximate locations, elevation gains, climbing distances/time, and additional relevant information pertaining to climbing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Part one: international boundary to Kicking Horse pass
- Part two: Kicking Horse pass to Yellowhead pass
- Part three: Yellowhead pass to Jasper pass
- Accession Number
- 2019.48
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14535
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Responsibility
- edited with an introduction by Zac Robinson ; translated by Maria and John Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Kain, Conrad
- Malek, Amelie
- Mountaineering
- Mountain guides
- Pistor, Dr. Erich
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Notes
- Partial contents: Foreword : Conrad Kain, guide and mountaineer / Chic Scott; Epilogue: The Kain-Malek correspondence: provenance, 1934-2005 / Don Bourdon
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- 2015-8404
- P2015.06.30
- P2015-06-30
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14890
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Responsibility
- Editor : Zac Robinson Translators: John W. Koch and Maria Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Conrad Kain compendium
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13629
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- March 2005
- Publisher
- Wilmer, British Columbia : Mark Kingsbury Foundation
- Call Number
- 01 K12p
- Responsibility
- prepared by Brian Patton for the Mark Kingsbury Foundation
- Publisher
- Wilmer, British Columbia : Mark Kingsbury Foundation
- Published Date
- March 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 vol : ill
- Notes
- Includes separate appendix titled Commerating Conrad : a report on initiatives to celebrate the life of Conrad Kain
- Archival research report. Table of contents: Chrononology; Commemeration; Tributes; Memories; Letters; Sources; Journals; Photographs
- Accession Number
- 7760
- Call Number
- 01 K12p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Conrad Kain/Bugaboos Hut Registers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57652
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series of hut registers from the Conrad Kain/Bugaboo Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2000 and 2017. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, …
- Date Range
- 2000-2003
- 2006-2017
- Reference Code
- M200 / IV / O
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / IV: Hut Registers
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / IV / O: Conrad Kain/Bugaboos Hut Registers
- Accession Number
- accn. 7779
- accn. 2014.8293
- accn. 2023.32
- Reference Code
- M200 / IV / O
- Responsibility
- Registers produced by Alpine Club of Canada
- Date Range
- 2000-2003
- 2006-2017
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records 4 volumes
- History / Biographical
- According to the Alpine Club of Canada website, the Conrad Kain/Bugaboo hut is located in the Bugaboo Provincial Park, in British Columbia. The ACC built the hut in 1972, and named the hut after the renowned Austrian mountaineer and guide, Conrad Kain, who first visited the area in 1910. From 1972 to 2000, the hut was maintained by B.C. Parks. Today, the hut accommodates 35 people.
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series of hut registers from the Conrad Kain/Bugaboo Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2000 and 2017. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildlife sightings, custodial issues and updates, and related topics. The sub-series is separated into individual hut registers, arranged by date:
- M200 / IV / O / 1: Conrad Kain Hut June 20/2000 - June 26/2003
- M200 / IV / O / 2: 2006 - 2008 Conrad Kain Hut, Bugaboos, Hut Register
- M200 / IV / O / 3: Conrad Kain Hut Register [2008 - 2012]
- M200 / IV / O / 4: Conrad Kain, Bugaboos 2012 - 2017
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Huts
- Cabins and shelters
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Backpacking
- Backcountry skiing
- British Columbia
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Climbing
- Environment and Nature
- Guide
- Hiking
- Memorial
- Mountain guides
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Property
- Skiing
- Sports and recreation
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Bugaboo Provincial Park
- Bugaboos
- Golden, BC
- Radium, BC
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Japanese
- Mandarin
- Biographical Source Notes
- Alpine Club of Canada website: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/conrad-kain-hut/
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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