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The gondola has high wind stability and is designed to operate in winds up to 80 km/h. Whistler-Blackcomb has called the Peak 2 Peak Gondola the most wind tolerant lift on Whistler Blackcomb. Testing at other Doppelmayr 3S installations have measured sustained winds at 120 km/h (75 mph) with no decrease in performance.
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.
Whistler Blackcomb: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada: 37 1966 January 15 2016 August 8 Vail owns a 75% interest in Whistler & Blackcomb Partnerships, and the remaining 25% is owned by Nippon Cable: Whitetail Resort: Mercersburg, Pennsylvania: 9 1991 2019 September 24 Bought from Peak Resorts along with 16 other mountains. Wildcat Mountain Ski ...
The massif forms a pyramidal massif visible from Whistler Village; another summit in the massif is Mount Benvolio 2613 m (8573 ft). Other peaks, which lie south of the Overlord massif, are Cheakamus Mountain 2588 m (8491 ft), Angelo Peak 2561 m (8402 ft) and Diavolo Peak 2569 m (8428 ft).
Fitzsimmons Creek and the hydroelectric plant viewed from the Peak 2 Peak Gondola. A run-of-river hydroelectric plant, completed in 2010, the project temporarily diverts creek water through a penstock 4.5 km downstream, an elevation drop of nearly 250 meters, to a powerhouse generating 7.5 MW of electricity. The powerhouse is located between ...
Blackcomb Peak (Ucwalmícwts: Tsíqten) is a mountain located east of Whistler, British Columbia that forms the boundary between the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort and Garibaldi Provincial Park. Like Whistler Mountain , it is located on the edge of Garibaldi Provincial Park and the ski lifts are often used to access the park, particularly for ...
This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is V. Postal codes beginning with V are located within the Canadian province of British Columbia. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA). The V postal code area is currently the most utilized in Canada, with only three of the ...
Site of Ski Rainbow was Whistler’s ‘other’ ski hill: bunny hill + ski jump, 1968–1981. Spring Creek; Tamarisk Estates; Whistler Cay Estates: Whistler Cay (abv.) Whistler Creekside: Alpha Lake(his), Southside, Whistler Creek; Whistler Highlands; Whistler Village; White Gold