| Whistler/Blackcomb Holiday Ski Resort was not even | | | | vacation holiday mood. |
| in existence some 40 odd years ago. There was | | | | For years, Whistler and Blackcomb were two entities |
| virtually nothing on this now world famous ski resort | | | | and were fierce competitors until Intrawest, a major |
| but blizzards caused by the moist Pacific air meeting | | | | player in the ski resort industry and owner of |
| the craggy mountain tops on what was then known | | | | Blackcomb bought over Whistler in 1997. |
| as the London Mountain. Sometimes, one can see an | | | | The two mountains are actually quite similar with |
| occasional lonely skier using a rudimentary tow or | | | | each having more than a ski hundred trails many of |
| hiking up the slopes of the mountain. | | | | which are long cruising runs through stunning pine |
| This resort was renamed Whistler Mountain in 1965, | | | | forests. However, Whistler has more bowls such as |
| named after the hoary marmot or the whistle pig. | | | | The West Bowl, Symphony and Harmony while |
| Today, this holiday vacation resort is one of the | | | | Blackcomb has glaciers like the Horstman. Blackcomb |
| most popular and celebrated holiday ski resorts in the | | | | also have more couloirs such as the Couloir Extreme |
| world. | | | | and Pakalolo. |
| Whistler Ski Village The Whistler Village is an | | | | Toward the bottom of the Extreme are two quad |
| attractive, all purpose built-in resort and is known for | | | | chairs, the Glacier Express and the Jersey Cream |
| its fascinating skiing vacations. This Ski Resort is also | | | | Express lies a magnificent collection of chutes and |
| known as Whistler Blackcomb because of the two | | | | gullies which spreads across the mountain. |
| mountain peaks stood side by side and has the | | | | The Whistler Ski Holiday Resort also have an area for |
| highest vertical drop in the country, both a mile high. | | | | novice heliskiers. Intrepid heli-skiers can try it for a |
| A breathtaking and heart stopping drop indeed. | | | | day before venturing into one of the remote |
| Although always complimented upon, Whistler Resort | | | | heliskiing lodges for a whole week of heliskiing with |
| has its cons too. One of which is its low elevation. At | | | | Bell 210 or AStar helicopters. Then again, with such |
| only 2214 ft, the resort comes under the influence of | | | | fantastic vertical drop in Whistler Ski Resort, who |
| the Pacific seaboard and tends to attract more rain | | | | needs helicopters right? |
| than other resorts. Although this also attracts more | | | | Read about static in hair and nasal hair at the Hair |
| snow on the mountain's higher slopes, the prospect | | | | Facts website. |
| of going skiing in the wet is a dampener to the skiing | | | | |