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Whistler Creekside

Whistler Blackcomb
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Panorama of Whistler Blackcomb
Panorama of Whistler Blackcomb
Location Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain
Nearest city Vancouver
Coordinates 50°06′30″N 122°56′33″W / 50.10833°N 122.94250°W / 50.10833; -122.94250 (Whistler Blackcomb)Coordinates: 50°06′30″N 122°56′33″W / 50.10833°N 122.94250°W / 50.10833; -122.94250 (Whistler Blackcomb)
Vertical Whistler: 1,530 m (5,020 ft)
Blackcomb: 1,565 m (5,133 ft)
Top elevation Whistler: 2,182 m (7,160 ft)
Blackcomb: 2,436 m (7,992 ft)
Base elevation Creekside: 653 m (2,140 ft)
Village: 675 m (2214 ft)
Skiable area Whistler: 4,757 acres (1,925 ha)
Blackcomb: 3,414 acres (1,382 ha)
Runs 200
Ski trail rating symbol-green circle.svg 35 – Easiest
Ski trail rating symbol-blue square.svg 110 – More Difficult
Ski trail rating symbol-black diamond.svg 35 – Most Difficult
Ski trail rating symbol-double black diamond.svg 20 – Expert
Longest run Peak To Creek(Whistler), Green Road (Blackcomb): Both are 11 km (6.8 mi)
Lift system 37 (Whistler 19)(Blackcomb 17)
4 gondolas
1 high-speed six-pack chairlift
13 high-speed quad chairlifts
4 chairlifts
15 surface lifts
Lift capacity 65,507 skiers/hr
Whistler: 34,345
Blackcomb: 31,162
Snowfall 10.22 m/year (402 in.)
Snowmaking Whistler: 215 acres
(87 hectares), 4.5%
Blackcomb: 350 acres
(142 hectares), 10.3%
Website Whistler Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb is a major ski resort located 121 km (75 mi) north of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America; it is 50% larger than its nearest competitor in terms of size, has the greatest uphill lift capacity, and until 2009, had the highest vertical skiable distance by a wide margin. Whistler Blackcomb also features the Peak 2 Peak Gondola for moving between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains at the top; Peak 2 Peak holds records for the highest and longest unsupported cable car span in the world. With all of this capacity, Whistler Blackcomb is also often the most-visited ski resort, often besting 2 million visitors a year.

Whistler was originally conceived as part of a bid to win the 1968 Winter Olympics. Although they lost the bid, construction started anyway and the resort opened for the first time in January 1966. Blackcomb mountain, originally a separate entity, opened for business in December 1980. The two resorts underwent a period of intense rivalry through the 1980s and 90s, with constant upgrades and improvements that was unseen at other resorts. By the mid-1990s the area was repeatedly named the best resort in many skiing magazines. Intrawest, the BC real estate firm that developed Blackcomb, purchased Whistler in 1997 and fully merged their operations in 2003.

Whistler Blackcomb was the centrepiece of a renewed bid on the part of nearby Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which they won in July 2003. Whistler Blackcomb hosted the alpine skiing events, including the men's and women's Olympic and Paralympic alpine skiing disciplines of downhill, Super-G, slalom, giant slalom and super combined.


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