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Whistler, British Columbia is a Canadian Resort Town named for the Hoary Marmots that live in the area; it is incorporated as a district resort municipality, and has a permanent population of approximately 9,965. Over two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for its world-famous Snow Skiing and mountain biking at Whistler-Blackcomb . Whistler is located on Highway 99 north of Squamish. Whistler has a large village which is pedestrian-only in the middle of what is called the village. Whistler also enjoys astronomical real estate prices. As of December 2005 rooms in hotels with 1 bed, no kitchen and a washroom sell for over $100,000. Remax Sea to Sky as of December 14th 2005 had 254 Listings. Only 3 of these were under $100,000. Two of the three were parking stalls and one was a timeshare. Whistler was previously offered the 1976 Winter Olympics in 1972 , after Denver, Colorado refused to host the games after winning the competition. However, Whistler turned down the offer, which it had bid on and lost in 1970 , and the games were given to Innsbruck, Austria . Whistler will be the site of a number of events of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver , which will take place at or near Whistler. This has brought an influx of interest to the area. Whistler's present mayor is the only member of the previous town council who voted "no" to taking part in hosting of the 2010 Olympics -- for the reason that he felt Whistler was not yet prepared to deal with the forces that are to descend. Citizens of Whistler are rallying around the support of nature with such efforts as a " Hydrogen Highway ", planned to link Vancouver and Whistler by 2010, allowing environmentally friendly Hydrogen Powered Vehicle s to travel freely between them. Similarly, some members of the Whistler community have banded together to form "Whistler 2020" - a vision of what Whistler is to be in the the year 2020. Principles behind Whistler 2020 are based on "The Natural Step", a scientific framework of sustainable development. SEE ALSO
:The Windows XP codename "Whistler" is named after this community. :The Windows Vista codename "Longhorn" is named after a famous bar in Whistler. EXTERNAL LINKS
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