Skip header and navigation

Narrow Results By

4 records – page 1 of 1.

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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Conrad Kain : the legacy of Canada's greatest mountain guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14320
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Martel, Lynn
Call Number
P - General
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
by Lynn Martel
Physical Description
p.30-35 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Kain, Conrad
Mountain guides
Notes
In Gripped; vol.11 no.3, June/July 2009.
Features the history and legacy of Conrad Kain, a mountain guide in the Canadian Rockies
Call Number
P - General
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Findlay, Andrew
Call Number
P - General
Author
Findlay, Andrew
Responsibility
by Andrew Findlay
Physical Description
p.76-82 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Kain, Conrad
Mountain guides
Notes
In Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine; iss.23, Summer 2013
Conrad Kain is regarded as an undisputable force in mountaineering history and lore. He was a conquering frontiersman who started as an Austrian have-not and became a Canadian Rockies alpine guide for the elite. But with the discovery of Kain's handwritten letters, it seems his alluring lifestyle was a lonely one
Call Number
P - General
Collection
Archives Library
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Back to Top