Whistler station Whistler station Whistler station is located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, along former BC Rail and before that Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) lines. The tracks are now owned by Canadian National. One train calls at the station, the "Rainforest to Gold Rush" which provides service from Whistler Station to Quesnel railway station and Jasper railway station. The "Whistler Sea to Sky Climb" formerly connected North Vancouver railway station to Whistler. The PGE line was established in 1912, and rail service to the Whistler area has been provided since the early days of operation until BC Rail ended all passenger
Whistler Blackcomb time in January 1966. Blackcomb mountain, originally a separate entity, opened for business in December 1980. The two resorts underwent a period of intense rivalry through the 1980s and 90s, with constant upgrades and improvements that was unseen at other resorts. By the mid-1990s the area was repeatedly named the best resort in many skiing magazines. Intrawest, the BC real estate firm that developed Blackcomb, purchased Whistler in 1997 and fully merged their operations in 2003. Whistler Blackcomb was the centrepiece of a renewed bid on the part of nearby Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which they won in