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Whistler’s Mountain, Lake & Village Essentials

26 placesWhistler

Follow Whistler’s signature sweep from the Sea-to-Sky’s waterfalls and rugged river canyon to Creekside, the Village, high-alpine terrain, and glacier-fed lakes. This broad highlights route mixes easy sightseeing, cultural stops, Olympic legacy, and the resort’s biggest mountain scenery.

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Places in this guide

  1. 1
    Brandywine Falls Provincial ParkThe falls named after a wager 🥃
  2. 2
    Cheakamus River CanyonThe impossible railway route
  3. 3
    Whistler Train WreckWrecked boxcars: an evolving art gallery 🎨
  4. 4
    Callaghan ValleyWhistler's snowiest secret, shaped by volcanoes ❄️
  5. 5
    Creekside Gondola BaseNorth America's first gondola-accessed ski area 🚠
  6. 6
    Nita LakeExcavator's icy plunge 🚜
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    Alpha Lake Park🏞️ The lake that shrank
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    Rainbow Lodge Heritage SiteOnce the most popular camping lodge west of the Rockies
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    Alta Lake🛶 The iceboat that crashed to turn
  10. 10
    Whistler Museum & ArchivesSki films and Pink Floyd in a cabin
  11. 11
    Whistler Olympic Plaza🏅 The Georgian luger's memorial
  12. 12
    Squamish Lil'wat Cultural CentreCanada's first two-nation cultural centre 🤝
  13. 13
    Whistler BlackcombBuilt by air and hoof 🚁
  14. 14
    Whistler PeakFrom failed bid to Olympic host
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    Roundhouse Lodge🛸 The flying saucer that named this lodge
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    Blackcomb MountainWorld's longest unsupported gondola span 🚡
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    Whistler Sliding CentreWorld's fastest ice track 🧊
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    Lost LakeSki jump built by hot-doggers ⛷️
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    Green LakeWhistler's largest lake doubles as its airport ✈️
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    Wedgemount Lake TrailheadNew lake born from a retreating glacier 🏞️
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    A-LineWhere the flow trail began 🚵
  22. 22
    PEAK 2 PEAK GondolaWorld's highest gondola above the ground 🚠
  23. 23
    Garibaldi LakeUnstable lava dam above Garibaldi village 🌋
  24. 24
    Valley TrailA safer path for children 🚲
  25. 25
    Fitzsimmons Creek ForestBeneath the world's highest gondola span 🚠
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    Function Junction🌋 The buried village of Spo7ez
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