Whistler Blackcomb Callaghan Valley. The British Columbia government paid $600 million for major upgrades to the Sea-to-Sky Highway, which carried the majority of visitors to the alpine sites. In 2006 Intrawest was purchased by the alternative asset management firm, Fortress Investment Group. Three weeks before the opening of the 2010 Olympics, Fortress failed to make payment on its loan used to buy out Intrawest. This caused its creditors to force Intrawest to divest itself of several of its resort holdings in 2009 and 2010 which included a partial sale of Whistler Blackcomb, in order to reduce its debt load. This was achieved
Whistler Transit System Whistler are operated by Whistler Transit Ltd. while services within Pemberton are operated by Pemberton Taxi. Whistler Transit Operations and Maintenance Facility was built to accommodate an expansion in the level of service, resulting in a growth of the transit fleet. The building was opened in late 2009, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Omicron Architecture Engineering Construction acted both as design-builder and consultant for the facility, which includes maintenance and administration buildings, refueling stations and covered parking for up to 50 buses. The project won the Canadian Design-Build Institute's 2010 first place award in the industrial category. Whistler Transit