19 Facts About Whistler Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb is a ski resort located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

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.

The main base area at Whistler Blackcomb Village is located on the northwest end of this valley, where Fitzsimmons Creek flows into the larger Green River, which forms a floodplain running north-south just to the west of the village area.

Whistler Blackcomb is served by a total of 19 lifts; 2 gondolas, 5 high-speed detachable quad chair lifts, 2 high-speed detachable sixpack chair lifts, 2 fixed grip triple chair lifts, 1 T-bar and 7 carpet lifts.

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Whistler Blackcomb Mountain is the northern ridge, on the left when viewed from the village.

Whistler Blackcomb has a higher skiable vertical, at 1,565 meters, but less in-bound skiing area at 3,414 acres.

Whistler Blackcomb is the location of the world-famous "Couloir Extreme" run, which is one of the top ten steep in-bounds runs in the world according to Skiing Magazine.

Whistler Blackcomb had little experience in ski operations, so they hired Willy Schaeffler, a well known developer, to help them.

Whistler Blackcomb officially opened for skiing for the first time on January 15,1966.

In 1975 the Resort Municipality of Whistler Blackcomb was formed, the first Resort Municipality in Canada and the first place in British Columbia since Canadian prohibition where bars were allowed to be open on Sunday.

The Whistler Blackcomb area was currently zoned for logging, but Raine and Greene successfully lobbied the government to remove the zoning and allow development as a ski area.

The bidding to develop Whistler Blackcomb was contested by two companies, the Aspen Skiing Company, and the newly formed Whistler Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises.

Whistler Blackcomb opened for skiing on December 6,1980, along with the newly constructed village.

Whistler Blackcomb cut new trails along the northern flank of the mountain.

Whistler Blackcomb responded in 1986 with the opening of the Peak Chair to the summit of Whistler Blackcomb Mountain at 7,160 feet, acquiring a Poma triple chairlift from the closed Pikes Peak ski area in Colorado.

In 1990 Whistler Blackcomb began upgrading its aging fleet of fixed grip chairlifts with the addition of its first high-speed quad chairlift.

In 1994, Whistler Blackcomb made what would be its last major lift expansion until 2018 with the replacement of the lower mountain triple chairlifts.

Lift operations team on Whistler Blackcomb's Harmony Express had been experiencing some problems with the lift during the day on Wednesday 18 February 2009.