Since the early 1900's, hikers have been venturing into Garibaldi Provincial Park to explore and take pleasure in its numerous alpine lakes, ponds, streams and meadows. Climbers have come to scale several challenging peaks within the park including Mount Garibaldi and Mamquam Mountain. Since the late 1930's, skiers have been traversing its vast snowfields and frozen lakes. In the early 1940's, three Hollyburn pioneers, Joan Mathews, Ottar Brandvold, and his brother Emil, formed a partnership and worked out a plan to build a number of mountain chalets in Garibaldi Provincial Park, linked together by trails. During summer seasons they searched for the best building sites and ultimately chose Elfin Lakes as the location of their first chalet. During the next few years, Joan, Ottar, and Emil worked hard to realize their dream of owning and operating a remote alpine lodge. At first, horses were used to drag logs and other supplies along a rough mountain track to the building site. Later a road was built to bring in guests and supplies. By the late 1940's, Diamond Head Lodge was open and attracting local, national, and international visitors. During the next three decades thousands visited the lodge. Summer hikers and back-country skiers explored the compelling landscape that surrounded Elfin Lakes. Eventually the Brandvolds retired and BC Parks took over ownership of Diamond Head Chalet. For a number of reasons, the lodge was not maintained and allowed to decay. Soon there will be little trace of the mountain retreat that so many enjoyed. What survives is some vintage 16 mm colour film taken by the Brandvolds, a few hundred dramatic mountain photos, and the memories of visitors. In 2007, Hollyburn Heritage Society and the descendants of Joan and Ottar created the Diamond Head Chalet History Project to collect and share the history of this historic place.