With two weeks to go to the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics and the backdrop of a record snowfall as well as the blessing of international ski officials, the finishing touches are being applied over the next 16 days to the Olympic alpine ski racing courses at Whistler Blackcomb.
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Whistler Blackcomb, the Canadian ski resort that will host some of the Winter Olympic Games next month, could be sold off in a struggle between Wall Street bankers and a private equity firm over the renegotiation of hundreds of millions of dollars in loans. Lenders to Fortress Investment Group, a leveraged buyout group, have posted notices of foreclosure in several North American newspapers, announcing a public auction of the assets of Intrawest, the Whistler Blackcomb resort operator.
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Whistler blackcomb smashes record for snowiest month EVER with over 5.5 metres (18 feet) of snowfall. November 2009 takes the podium as Whistler Blackcomb’s snowiest month in recorded history.
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With 7 days still remaining this month, Whistler has already surpassed the record for November snowfall, as more than 430cm (172 inches) of white gold slammed the mountains by Thursday afternoon. The previous record, set in 2006, was 416cm (164 inches). So why not see the Host City and Host Mountain Resort before the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games?
Both Vancouver and Whistler are offering accommodation packages to entice visitors to experience both host destinations now – prior to the start of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, which begin on February 12, 2010.
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The incredible snowfall at Whistler this November looks set to take the resort’s snow base past the two metre mark in the next 24 hours.
Whistler wasn’t due to open until the weekend, but opened 12 days early last week after receiving a healthy snowfall in early November.
Since then it has been snowing almost constantly with the snow depth most recently reported at 193cm (6.5 feet) following 19cm (7 inches) of new snow overnight. It stopped snowing on Wednesday but more is now forecast.
It’s a dream start for Whistler’s long awaited Olympic season, with the start of the Games now less than three months away.
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