Whistler
Whistler is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
Whistler is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, approximately 125 km (78 mi) north of Vancouver and 36 km (22 mi) south of Pemberton. It has a permanent population of approximately 13,982 (2021), and 3,241 seasonal residents (estimated).
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Worth seeing in and around Whistler
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Alta Lake
Alta Lake is a lake in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Originally named Summit Lake, Alta Lake was renamed to avoid confusion with the many other Summit Lakes in British Columbia.
2 km · lake in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02Green Lake
Green Lake is the largest and most northerly lake in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. It is the source of the Green River, a tributary of the Lillooet River, and is fed by the River of Golden Dreams, which issues from Alta Lake, which is at the height of land dividing the Green River drainage from that of the Cheakamus River to the south, which is a tributary of the Squamish River.
3.9 km · lake in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 03Lost Lake
Lost Lake is a lake located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The area around it, Lost Lake Park, is part of the municipal park system's cross-country skiing trails and, until hotel development overshadowed views of the park's swimming docks, was Whistler's long-time nude sunbathing beach.
1.8 km · lake in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Audain Art Museum
The Audain Art Museum is a 56,000-square-foot private museum located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, that houses the private art collection of Michael Audain. Designed by Patkau Architects and opened to the public in 2016, it holds a comprehensive permanent collection of British Columbian art.
200 m · art museum in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whistler
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 104 km · Victoria (YYJ), 167 km · Kelowna (YLW), 256 km
- Stations
- Whistler/Green Lake Water Aerodrome, 3 km · Whistler railway station, 3.8 km
- Vancouver → Whistler97 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · C$16–21
- Victoria → Whistler189 km · quickest by road, 7h 35m · C$35–46
- Kelowna → Whistler249 km · quickest by road, 8h 13m · C$50–70
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Whistler
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Whistler. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhistler does have two small air facilities — a heliport and a seaplane base.
- Get inThey're mainly used for sightseeing but do have a few regional chartered flights.
- Get aroundWhistler Creekside is built around the original gondola on the south side of Whistler Mountain.
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