Whistler Number
One Ski Resort In Top Travel Magazine Survey
December 12, 2007. . . Whistler hits
number one again. The Condé Nast Traveler magazine
awarded Whistler the top spot in its annual "The
Best Places to Ski & Stay in North America"
reader survey.
Condé Nast Traveler readers were asked to evaluate
109 North American ski resorts that they had visited
in the past three years, and rate each resort. Whistler
averaged the top score on the combined criteria of Terrain
and Conditions, Lifts and Lines, Town Ambience, Dining,
and Apres-Ski/Activities. The one year-old Symphony
Express quad chair was provided noteworthy mention in
Condé Nast Traveler results for its access to
more than 1,000 acres of pristine high alpine ski terrain.
 Meanwhile
in Britain, the 9th Annual Telegraph Travel Awards were
announced, ranking Whistler No. 3 in its "Favourite
Ski Resort" category, the only North American resort
to be named in the 2007 awards. Whistler followed close
on the heels of France's Val D'Isere and Méribel
resorts, which were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.
The Telegraph Travel Awards are the result of a survey
completed by readers of Britain's Daily Telegraph and
Sunday Telegraph newspapers.
Furthermore Whistler has won "Best Overseas Ski
Resort" at the Luxury Travel Magazine awards again,
for the fourth consecutive year. "These amazing
kudos are an incredible boost to an already hotly anticipated
ski season in Whistler," says Arlene Schieven,
Vice President of Marketing for Tourism Whistler. "The
combination of consistently fantastic snow conditions,
unbelievable range of ski terrain and on- and off-mountain
activities, fine hotels, dining and shopping and a number
of ongoing promotions offering significant savings for
visitors makes Whistler hard to ignore amongst the top-ranked
ski resorts of the world."
Other recent awards of note include the November 2007
issue of Condé Nast Traveler, where Whistler
hotels secured six of the top 15 Canadian resort hotel
awards.
According to the U.S.-published SKIING Magazine's "Top
25 Resorts in North America" list, Whistler remains
the reigning ski resort in North America for the 11th
year in a row, upholding its No. 1 ranking on the list,
while TransWorld SNOWboarding Magazine ranked Whistler
Blackcomb the No. 1 overall ski resort in North America
for a second year in a row, and SKI Magazine's annual
"Top 50 Resort Guide" bumped Whistler Blackcomb
up one spot to No. 3. "The No. 1 rankings that
Whistler Blackcomb receives from such diverse publications
illustrates the variety and breadth of experiences available
on and off the mountain," says Dave Brownlie, Chief
Operating Officer and President of Whistler Blackcomb.
"We clearly have something for everyone on a world-class
scale."
More than average snowfall in November has already
set Whistler up for a great season. Currently open with
the most terrain in North America, over 7,000 acres
of terrain and a mile of vertical are available for
skiers and riders. Last season was Whistler's second
snowiest on record with over 14 metres (46.5 feet) of
the white stuff gracing the legendary slopes. That followed
the previous year's record-breaking snowfall in January
2006 of 469 centimetres (185 inches) of snow in one
month. This season, the resort is anticipating lower
temperatures and more snow as a La Nina year is forecasted.
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