Photo: Destination Canada/Grant Gunderson
WHISTLER SOUTH Where It All Began
While Whistler Village is the main hub for the majority of the resort’s amenities, Creekside is where this town entered the history books. It’s where the lifts first spun on Whistler Mountain in 1966 with hopes to secure the Winter Olympic Games. In 1989, local ski racer Rob Boyd crossed the finish line at the bottom of Dave Murray Downhill to become the first Canadian to win gold at a World Cup Downhill race on home soil. When the Olympics did arrive in 2010, Creekside base (in particular Dusty’s Bar) was where spectators and fans celebrated long into the night. The neighborhoods of Whistler South stretch from Nordic (just south of Whistler Village) to the southernmost neighborhoods of Cheakamus Crossing and Function Junction. The choice of homes is equally diverse; cozy condos to stylish chalets, rustic cabins to spacious townhomes and even a gondola-accessed luxury home community! The six-person Creekside Gondola is one of the main arteries to access Whistler Mountain during ski season and as well as the Whistler Mountain Bike Park during the summer months. The base area is home to cafes, bakeries, a fully-stocked grocery store and a range of boutique retail shops. Two of Whistler’s highest-rated restaurants; Rimrock Cafe and Red Door Bistro are within minutes’ walk of Creekside base, as are green space parks on the shores of Alpha Lake and Nita Lake. A few minutes’ south on the highway and you can call into craft breweries, art studios and more specialty shops in Function Junction.
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I lived in Nordic Estates for 27 years and I love this location. We have the Valley Trail just over the pedestrian overpass taking us to the Alta Lake and the Valley Trail. We are situated between Creekside and the Village making it easy access to shopping ,biking trails, skiing and golfing all within minutes. – Melissa
There are many reasons why this is one of the fastest-growing areas of Whistler, but the convenience and amenities have always been hard to beat. Southsiders grow prouder of their little slice of Whistler every year. WHISTLERREALESTATE.CA
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