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Whistler Travel Guide - British Columbia |
 Whistler Travel Guide
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada is a city on the Pacific coast, about 125 km north of Vancouver. Incorporated as a resort town, Whistler has a permanent population of approximately 9 965 people.
More than two million travelers visit, Whistler each year, in particular for its famous Alpine Skiing and Mountain Biking. Its pedestrian village has won numerous awards for design and Whistler was voted the best destinations in North America by major ski magazines in the past 15 years. During the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Whistler will host the largest part of the luge and downhill skiing.
The mountain climbs to a maximum altitude of 2182 meters; Whistler Mountain offers more than 100 selected Ski / Snowboard. The increase from 1530 vertical meters is the second in North America, behind only neighboring Blackcomb and the total area of land to the elevator service is more than 4700 hectares. From Whistler Village there is a five kilometer long cable car that lifts skiers more than one kilometer above the valley.
Tickets are $ 73.00 for adults (19 - 64), $ 63 for seniors (65 +) and youth (13 - 18) and $ 39.50 for children (12 - 7). The season runs November through April, but at the beginning and end of the season snow in the lower half of the mountain may be light.
Before Whistler was seen as one of the major ski areas of the world, it was already a developed resort town. It all began during 1914, the pioneers - Alex and Myrtle Philip built Rainbow Lodge, a fishing camp, where then known as what is best lake. For the next 50 years Whistler was the most popular destination during the Canadian Summer west of the Rocky Mountains. That record of quality carries on today, with Whistler consistently earning the title of number one resort in North America.
Summers are always so popular, as it has always been with an endless series of hiking trails, incredible opportunities for swimming in clear mountain lakes, golf course and one of the best, if not the best, bike park in the world.
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