Ngaphezulu nje kweekhilomitha ezingama-30 emhlabeni ukusuka kunxweme olusentshona Canada, ubuxoki UWhistler Blackcomb; indawo yokutyela edumileyo enyuka iye kwiimitha ezili-1,600 kwiihektare eziyi-8.171, XNUMX zommandla weentaba.
Ukuma ngokungaguquguqukiyo njengendawo yokuqala yokuskiya eMntla Melika ngenani lezinto ezipapashiweyo, yenye yezona ndawo zintle zokuya e-Canada eCanada ebekwe kwi-125 km kumantla Vancouver, eBritish Columbia kwaye oko kutyelelwa ngabakhenkethi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2 ngonyaka.
Kukho iintaba ezimbini eziyibumbileyo: iWhistler kunye neBlackcomb, edityaniswe embindini yidolophana kwaye apho kukho amathambeka okuskiya angama-200, iipaki zokukhwela ikhephu ezi-5 kunye neemoto zekhebula ezingama-38 ezithatha abakhweli besikhephe abayi-61,407 XNUMX ngeyure.
Ayisiyiyo yonke into ukuskiya kunye nekhephu kule ndawo. Iindwendwe zinokonwabela ubomi basebusuku kunye nemivalo enje ngeGaribaldi Lift Co, eyaziwa nje ngokuba yi "GLC" phakathi kwabemi bendawo, nakwipatiyo yangaphandle eLonghorn Lounge apho bakhonza khona amashwamshwam kunye nokutya okumnandi.
Inyaniso yeyokuba abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezibini batyelela iWhistler minyaka le, ikakhulu ngenxa yokutyibilika ekhephini kunye nokubhabha kwikhephu, nasehlotyeni, ukuhamba ngebhayisikile entabeni. Idolophu yabahambi ngeenyawo iphumelele amabhaso ayiliweyo oyilo kwaye uWhistler uvotelwe njengeyona ndawo iphambili eMntla Melika ikhefu nangaliphi na ixesha lonyaka.
Ngexesha lee-Olimpiki zasebusika zika-2010, uWhistler wabamba uninzi lwemidlalo ye-alpine, i-cross country, i-sled, i-skeleton, kunye ne-bobsleigh, nangona i-freestyle skiing kunye ne-snowboarding bonke babanjwe kwi-Cypress Mountain kufuphi neVancouver.