Originally, the CMC was the meeting point of Canada's top climbers who gathered together to plan expeditions, plot potential first ascents and discuss the advancement of their chosen sport. Today, it still provides this function but also serves as a means for new climbers to meet.
Scope & Content
Series consists of correspondence, published materials and other textual records pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club.
Notes
Series consists of four subseries:
M57 / XII / A: News clippings
M57 / XII / B: Correspondence
M57 / XII / C: Newsletters
M57 / XII / D: Collected publications
Originally, the CMC was the meeting point of Canada's top climbers who gathered together to plan expeditions, plot potential first ascents and discuss the advancement of their chosen sport. Today, it still provides this function but also serves as a means for new climbers to meet.
Scope & Content
Series consists of photographs pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club and its activities.
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the Canadian Himalayan Foundation; includes research documents, correspondence, administrative records and other related materials.
The Canadian Himalayan Foundation was created by historian and mountaineer Chic Scott in 1978. The Foundation served as a registered charitable organization whose purpose was to promote Canadian mountaineering expeditions. Over a period of 25 years the foundation raised $250,000 to support Canadian climbing expeditions around the world.
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the Canadian Himalayan Foundation; includes research documents, correspondence, administrative records and other related materials.
Notes
Series consists of seven sub-series:
M57 / VIII / A: Foundation information
M57 / VIII / A / 1 to 4 : Policy and mandate, foundation information
M57 / VIII / A / 5: History
M57 / VIII / A / 6 - 7: Foundation Grants and funds
M57 / VIII / A / 8: Library
M57 / VIII / A / 9: Membership Newsletters
M57 / VIII / B: Correspondence
M57 / VIII / C: Board minutes 1978 - 1998
M57 / VIII / D: Trip research and applications
M57 / VIII / E: Financials
M57 / VIII / F: News clippings
M57 / VIII / G: Journals and Research drafts
53 discs with image files -- 6 cm of scanned photograph copies -- 62 reference slides : col. ; 35mm -- 27 reference photographs : col. prints
History / Biographical
Hans Gmoser played a major role in creating Canada’s vibrant mountain community. Although known internationally as the father of heli-skiing, he was much more than that: a talented rock climber, tireless expedition leader, a mountain guide, film maker and organizer.
Deep Powder and Steep Rock presents an intimate portrait of this charismatic man. Much of the story is told in Gmoser’s own words, gleaned from his diaries, expedition journals, film commentaries and personal correspondence. It is a unique tale of adventure, hard work, perseverance and ultimate success.
Scope & Content
Photograph series consists of discs with reference scans of photographs pertaining to the research and creation of Deep Powder and Steep Rock.
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the Hans Gmoser film collection project, including related notes and transcripts of films by Hans Gmoser; project funding and donation records; and reports and publications related to the film project.
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the Hans Gmoser film collection project, including related notes and transcripts of films by Hans Gmoser; project funding and donation records; and reports and publications related to the film project.
File consists of 39 recording discs which contain image files and video recordings collected and/or created by Chic Scott. Content pertains to mountain expeditions and travel, the Alpine Club of Canada, personal website content, slide show material, a fireside chat with Don Mickle in 2013, and othe…
File consists of 39 recording discs which contain image files and video recordings collected and/or created by Chic Scott. Content pertains to mountain expeditions and travel, the Alpine Club of Canada, personal website content, slide show material, a fireside chat with Don Mickle in 2013, and other related subjects.
Notes
Contents of discs:
V40 / XIV / 1 : "Wapta Rogers Pass Mar 04"
V40 / XIV / 2 : "The Mountaineer and the Artist: The Alpine Club of Canada Centennial Exhibition" [2006]
V40 / XIV / 3 : "Steve Smith's JPEG Catalog"
V40 / XIV / 4 : "Chic Scott CMH Ski Images History Book Proj[ect]"
V40 / XIV / 5 : "My Slides Scanned for Website"
V40 / XIV / 6 : "Yamnuska Photos Sept 3, 02"
V40 / XIV / 7 : National Parks of Canada Presents: "She Climbs to Conquer" [Georgia Engelhard]; "Skiing at Lake Louise"; "Skiing in Cloudland"; "Sunshine and Powder-Snow"; "Winter Wonderland"
V40 / XIV / 8 : "1958 Bugaboos to Rogers Pass Traverse"
Series consists of 23 interviews recorded between 1999 and 2009, which were used during the creation of the book Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains.
Discover the rich history of skiing in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia. From the early ski jumpers at Revelstoke, through the birth of the backcountry lodges and ski resorts to the heli-skiers and snowboarders of today, the stories are all here.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 23 interviews recorded between 1999 and 2009, which were used during the creation of the book Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains.
Notes
Series consists of 23 interviews:
S47 / IV / 1 : Syd Scroggle in Dundee
S47 / IV / 2 : Hans Gmoser
S47 / IV / 3 : Bob Sayer 16-Feb-02
S47 / IV / 4 : Toni Klettl 15-Feb-02
S47 / IV / 5 : Art Patterson 12-May-99
S47 / IV / 6 & 7 : Hans Gmoser 29-Apr-04
S47 / IV / 8 to 10 : Philippe Delesalle 28-Apr-04
S47 / IV / 11 to 14 : Doug Gardner 19-May-04
S47 / IV / 15 & 16 : Tony and Gill Daffern 06-Jan-04
Discover the rich history of skiing in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia. From the early ski jumpers at Revelstoke, through the birth of the backcountry lodges and ski resorts to the heli-skiers and snowboarders of today, the stories are all here.
Scope & Content
Series consists of research notes, manuscripts, and other textual records pertaining to the creation of the book "Powder Pioneers" by Chic Scott.
Notes
Series consists of four sub-series:
M57 / IV / A: Reference Notes
Series consists of scanned images used in the creation or final published version of Powder Pioneers: Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains.
Discover the rich history of skiing in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia. From the early ski jumpers at Revelstoke, through the birth of the backcountry lodges and ski resorts to the heli-skiers and snowboarders of today, the stories are all here.
Scope & Content
Series consists of scanned images used in the creation or final published version of Powder Pioneers: Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains.
File consists of 11 interviews recorded by Chic Scott in 1997 and 1998 for use in his book, Pushing the Limits. Interviewees include Pierre Bergeron, Dave Dorian, Sev Heiberg, Don Kinney, Jim Sinclair, Jean Sylvain, Jim White and Colin Zacharias.
This is the work of a lifetime. It tells the story of Canada’s 200 year mountaineering history from the early pioneers to modern day climbing athletes. Discover the story of Canadian climbing from the crags to the gyms, from Squamish to Val David and from the Yukon to the Rockies.
Read about the Swiss guides hired by Canadian Pacific Hotels who ushered in the glory years of the first ascents. Discover the British and American men of leisure who struggled with the wilderness to reach the summits and unravel the complex geography. Learn about the European immigrants of the 1950s who pushed the limits on the rock walls and the Americans who led the search for frightening new routes on the north faces. Join the British expatriates as they pioneer the exciting new sport of waterfall ice climbing. Then witness the popular growth in sport climbing both on the crags and in the gyms.
Finally discover how home grown Canadian climbers, initially slow to take up the challenge of mountaineering, have become world leaders in the sport.
Lavishly illustrated with over 600 photographs. 8.5”X11”, 440pp, hard cover, colour and BW.
Scope & Content
File consists of 11 interviews recorded by Chic Scott in 1997 and 1998 for use in his book, Pushing the Limits. Interviewees include Pierre Bergeron, Dave Dorian, Sev Heiberg, Don Kinney, Jim Sinclair, Jean Sylvain, Jim White and Colin Zacharias.
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Series consists of 11 sound recordings [11 interviews]: