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Why Whistler
Even after twenty years Whistler is still easily the best all around resort in the world and truly an international location. Over the last ten years Whistler has repeatedly come in no1 from almost every ski and snowboarding magazine, it is not just rich tourists or die hard purists, everyone agrees.
- one of the few ski towns in the world with enough substance to keep you from going mad with boredom on those endless cold winter nights. Here are a sample of the highlights: - super fun party town for anyone, with screwed up parties for the kids, mellow bars for the more relaxed crowd, dive bars for you dropouts and cheesy dance bar for picking up the tourists. for more info see nightlife.
- 2 cinemas, theatre, several gyms and pools, ice-skating rink, world class restaurants for all budgets and all tastes.
- in bounds freeriding has no rivals with epic thigh killing tree runs as well as huge alpine bowls and expertly groomed pistes, few resorts can match this variety.
- worlds most accessible, fun and technical backcountry with whistlers famously less avalanche prone snow. As whistler is close to the coast it stops the snow ever getting to dry which means the snow layers are consistent and bond together well, creating a more stable snowpack.
- world class terrain park with only a couple of rivals world wide.