Discussions of weather in Whistler have been going on for decades, as is apparent from past editions of the Whistler Question. In the early months of winter the conversations usually focus on snow. Reports from January 1981, however, show that rain, rather than snow, was the topic of discussion in town that year. While there had […][...]
A few weeks ago, we wrote an article about the history of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Today, we’d like to continue that journey, so to speak, and take a look at the history of the PGE passenger trains, which were invaluable to the history of tourism in the Whistler area. Many communities all along […][...]
While we may not know how much snow Whistler will get each winter, one thing that can be relied upon is that snow makes travelling within the valley more interesting. Historically, snow and ice greatly affected people’s mobility through the winter months. While the snow could slow down the train (one year the railway snowplow […][...]
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