Welcome to Whistler
We visited Whistler once in 2009 for the a few days on one of our motor home trips. We wandered the town soaking in the views, but the highlight certainly was the chairlift and gondola rides up the mountains surrounding the town. What a great place.
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- Population 11,854
- Founded 1914
- Incorporated in 1975 as a resort municipality
- located 78 miles north of Vancouver
- Sits at 2200 feet above sea level
- Between two glacier mountain ranges
- Whistler and Blackcomb are the two major ski mountains,
- Peak to Peak Gondolas between the two mountain tops
- Mountain host to 2010 Winter Olympics
- 2 million visitors a year for year round activities
Going up the mountain Part 1
Going up the mountain Part 2
The Peak to Peak Gondola Ride