Whistler

By Loreth Beswetherick Two new nine-storey hotels with a total of around 675 rooms are slated to open doors in Whistler by December 2002, with more rooms in the cards for the following years.

Backcountry Advisory As of Feb.23rd, 2000 Mountaintop winds were gusting to 160 km/h. at the Peak of Whistler Mountain on Tuesday. They were initially from the Southeast, switching to the Southwest later in the day.

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The principal of the Surrey Traditional School will be addressing a group of traditional school proponents in Whistler Thursday, March 30.

Hugh Smythe tourism industry leader of the year In 1966 at the age of 18, a young and ambitious ski patroller named Hugh Smythe began his career in Whistler, still a ski-bum’s paradise at best, but a long way from its present world-class status.

By Loreth Beswetherick Whistler has turned upside down Benjamin Franklin’s saying that guests and cheese stink after three days. In Whistler guests smell sweet over four weeks but they stink under four weeks.

By Loreth Beswetherick The Squamish Forest District has become a playground on the doorstep of B.C.’s metropolitan core and the need for a co-ordinated land use management approach has become urgent.

One million skiers and counting Whistler-Blackcomb has clocked one million skier visits and the milestone this year came two days earlier than last season.

Whistler council is considering tourist accommodation in residential neighbourhoods again, but only in the new subdivision of Nesters Pond.

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Dogs aren’t uncommon in Whistler, at least the type that have collars and (usually) come when called. But Whistler is also home to two other canines: Coyotes and the subject of this week’s column, Red Foxes.