The Whistler Museum and Archives (WMAS) was already in the process of broadening the scope of its collections—to become more inclusive of all communities in Whistler—when, in 2020, former Whistler Pride and Ski Festival director Dean Nelson donated artifacts and archival materials that documented Whistler Pride’s history and events.
The story begins in 1992, when Altitude— as it was then known—covertly hosted about 70 participants for a gay
