Whistler expanding but still has small town feel

“We were cold and wet and cramped. We loved it,” says Shay Hilliard, remembering Whistler back in 1985. “When you got inside the four-seater gondola, the lift attendant had a big key that locked the door with a clunk. We rode that aluminum box up to mid-station and changed to an even slower-moving red chair. It was great.”
Every ski resort has a mountain and a way to get up it, but it’s the details that make a resort great. While the breath-taking scenery remains th