MOUNTAIN LIFE - Coast Mountains | Winter / Spring 2018

WINTER/SPRING 2018 MLCM 67 or something … you just can’t do things in skirts.” With no women’s pants available at the time, Myrtle made her own. By the time this photo was taken in 1931, Rainbow Lodge was the most popular resort west of the Rockies and Myrtle was completely at home in the mountains, even chasing off a bear and cougar from an unlucky crew of young boys recruited to work on a trail. In 1948, Myrtle and Alex sold Rainbow Lodge but both remained active in the community. Myrtle served as a school trustee for over 35 years (one of Whistler’s elementary schools still bears her name) and was a contributing member of both the Alta Lake Community Club and the Alta Lake District Ratepayers Society. Through their hard work, the Philips and Rainbow Lodge put Alta Lake on the map as a tourist destination. And Myrtle proved from day one that women could, and would, thrive in the wilds of Whistler. For more on Myrtle Philip or other pieces of Whistler history head into the Whistler Museum & Archives next door to the library or hit up whistlermuseum.org . Myrtle (7 th from the right) and guests saddle up at Lost Lake. COURTESY WHISTLER MUSEUM & ARCHIVES.