Whistler Blackcomb Whistler Blackcomb Whistler Blackcomb is a ski resort located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America and has the greatest uphill lift capacity. It features the Peak 2 Peak Gondola for moving between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains at the top. With all of this capacity, Whistler Blackcomb is also often the busiest ski resort, often besting 2 million visitors a year. Whistler was originally conceived as part of a bid to win the 1968 Winter Olympics. Although the bid failed, construction started anyway and the resort opened for the first
Fiji whistler Fiji whistler The Fiji whistler ("Pachycephala vitiensis") is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to Fiji. It was variably considered a subspecies of a widespread golden whistler ("P. pectoralis"). Three of the subspecies (P. v. kandavensis, lauana, and vitiensis) of the former white-throated whistler ("P. v. kandavensis, lauana, and vitiensis") were lumped with the Fiji whistler in 2014 by the IOC. The Temotu whistler was formerly considered conspecific with the Fiji whistler. Ten subspecies are recognized: Some of the subspecies of the Fiji whistler are yellow-throated, while others are white-throated. It has been speculated that