Whistler Stories That Need To Be Told

About Whistler Stories That Need To Be Told

Oral history is important and this podcast captures the confidence and culture that shaped Whistler into a #1 world class resort ... it captures the people and their history from 1969 to now and what it took to develop a unique Western Canadian resort that draws mountain enthusiasts from all over the world for a “quick visit that lasts years”. “I want a record of what happened here and why it happened in such a short time and how successful we were. I want to interview people that lived here through the development of Whistler.” ~ Bruce Watt, Whistler REALTOR® with RE/MAX Sea to Sky Real Estate

Publisher

Bruce Watt

Category

society & culture · society & culture · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2022

Latest episode

29 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Everyday is a Bonus!

   Today's guest doesn't just have a ski story — he is ski history. Jim McConkey was born in Barrie, Ontario in 1926, and by the 1960s, Austrian ski legend Ernst Hinterseer was calling him the best all-round skier in the world. Jim became a pioneer of deep-powder, big-mountain skiing decades before "extreme skiing" was even a phrase — famous for hunting out the gnarliest ice, crust, and gullies from Utah's Alta to Snowbird, just to get better. But skiing was only half the story. Jim taught, dire...

2. 

   14 May 2026

   Bob Dufour — The Man Who Ran the Mountain

   There are people who work at a place, and then there are people who become a place. Bob Dufour is the latter. In 1972, a young ski instructor from Quebec's Laurentian Mountains packed his bags and headed west to join the Whistler Ski School, then led by the iconic Jim McConkey. He came for a job. He never left. When McConkey moved on in 1980, Bob was the obvious successor as director of the ski school. It wasn't a surprise — he'd spent years earning it, achieving top certifications with bot...

3. 

   27 May 2025

   Still Living the Dream

   Michael d'Artois, a Destination Resort Specialist, reflects on five decades in Whistler, British Columbia, and shares insights on community engagement and resort growth in this interview.

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 21 / 100

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Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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