Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains rise up a mile out of the valley with 5,280 vertical feet and more than 8,100 acres of prime terrain. They have 12 alpine bowls, three glaciers and more than 200 marked trails. Average annual snowfall is 360 inches. Whistler/Blackcomb will host a variety of major events for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. It's about a two hour drive from Vancouver.
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RECREATION / SERVICES
Recreation
Cross country and touring, swimming, indoor tennis, ice fishing, ice skating, and helicopter service available nearby. A tubing hill has been instated at Base II on Blackcomb mountain. RV camping, mountaineering, movies, hay rides, sing-alongs, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowcat riding, and tobogganing.
Services
Seventeern restaurants on the mountain and nearly a hundred in the village. Ski shops and rentals with repairs and lessons, complete facilities in village. Nursery for children 2-5 years of age. Bank machines, church services, medical and dental clinics with nearest hospital 35 miles away, physiotherapy and massage therapy, office services, public library, museum, movie theatre, video rentals, indoor tennis courts, spa facilities and beauty salons.
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