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The Whistler Vacation Resort Consists of two adjacent but separate mountains - Whistler (2182m) and Blackcomb (2284m) - each with their own extensive lift and chair systems, and each covered in a multitude of runs. Moving Company Both lift systems are accessed from the resort's heart, the purpose-built and largely pedestrianized Whistler Village, the tight-clustered focus of many hotels, shops, restaurants and aprés-ski activity. Relax! Play the new, hot online game SLINGO

Whistler Village

Around this core are two other "village" complexes, Upper Village and the recently completed Village North. South of Whistler Village is Whistler Creek (also with a gondola and lift base), which has recently undergone a $50 million redevelopment that will see its accommodation and local services duplicating those of its famous neighbor. The whole ribbon of land on and just off the "Sea to Sky Highway" (Hwy 99) from Whistler Creek to Whistler Village is gradually being developed in preparation for 2010 - Whistler is the single fastest-growing municipality in BC.

Whistler Village is the key to the resort, a newish walking mall of hotels, restaurants, mountain-gear shops and boutiques. Its name is said to derive from the piercing whistle of the marmot, a small and rather chubby mammal, which emits a distinctive shriek as a warning call.

Others say the name comes from the sound of the wind whistling through Singing Pass up in the mountains. Whatever its origins, the village has all the facilities of any normal village. Huge amounts of money have been invested in the area since the resort opened in 1980, and the investments have paid off well; the resort's services, lifts and general overall polish are almost faultless, and those of its nearby satellites are not far behind. The resort area averages more than two million visitors a year.

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