New Service Highlights:

• Thursday, November 24 - Early Winter service starts, coinciding with the official opening of the Mountains Download the Rider’s Bulletin
• Extra early winter service on 2 Cheakamus/Creekside – four additional morning runs from Alta Vista to Gondola Transit Exchange: leaving Archibald at Carlton at 7:51, 9:04, 9:58 and 10:58 Read the notice
• Thursday, December 15 - Full Winter service starts Download the Rider’s Guide
• Changes to route names and numbers
• New route, 1 Valley Connector, serving as the backbone of the Whistler Transit System connecting the north part of Whistler directly to the south bypassing the Gondola Transit Exchange. This new route combines the old 2 Whistler Creek and 43 Alpine/Emerald Combined.
• Extra service south of the Village, catch the 2 Creekside/Cheakamus
• Extra service north of the Village, catch the 3 Rainbow/Emerald

Whistler Transit System service review

In Fall 2010, during the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s 2011 budget process, it became clear that there was a growing gap in funding needed to maintain the current transit system into the future. Council instructed staff to work with BC Transit to review the finances and service structure of the Whistler Transit system to identify a system that all partners could financially sustain.

In addition to public feedback, detailed ridership information was gathered from mid-December 2010 through mid-February 2011 to help determine these approved changes starting this winter season.

Travel Tips

Use Google Transit starting November 24 to plan your trip

• 1 Valley Connector
  • This route makes it easier for residents who live south of the Village (especially Nordic and Cheakamus residents) to use Meadow Park Sports Centre
  • Valley Connector does not go to Gondola Transit Exchange but travels through the Village along Northlands Boulevard northbound and Lorimer/Blackcomb Way/Village Gate Boulevard southbound
  • If you’re heading north to Alpine, Rainbow, or Emerald, the best place to catch the bus in the Village is at the IGA bus shelter
  • If you’re going south to Blueberry, Alta Vista, Nordic, Whistler Creek, Tamarisk, Bayshores, Spring Creek, Function or Cheakamus, catch the bus at the Village Gate bus shelter
• If you want to get to the ski lifts (Gondola Transit Exchange), you can transfer and catch the:
  • #2 at Whistler Creek
  • #3, #5, #6 in the Village
  • #3 at Meadow Park Sports Centre
  • #6 across from the Day Care on Lorimer Road
• Alta Vista and Blueberry residents can catch the 2 Creekside/Cheakamus northbound to the Village and either the #1 or #2 southbound to get home.
• Spring Creek residents will have limited service from the 1 Valley Connector
• Staff Housing bus will not run between 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. when the Excalibur Gondola is running
  • Whistler Blackcomb allows the public to use the Excalibur Gondola between the Village and Base II for free as long as they are wearing street clothes (no skis or snowboards allowed unless you have a valid ticket)
• People coming from the north who want to end their trip at Gondola Transit Exchange, can catch the 3 Rainbow/Emerald at Alpine, Meadow Park Sports Centre or the Nic North bus stops while residents from the Nesters area can transfer from the 1 Valley Connector at the bus stops on Lorimer Road or the Olympic Plaza/Millennium Place bus stop onto the 3 Rainbow/Emerald bus, the 5 Marketplace Shuttle or the 6 Tapley’s Connector bus.
• People from the south can get to Gondola Transit Exchange by catching the 2 Creekside/Cheakamus at Whistler Creek or transferring onto the 5 Marketplace Shuttle either at the Pinnacle or the IGA bus stop
• Both 2 Creekside/Cheakamus and the 3 Rainbow/Emerald buses will run year round providing direct service to Gondola Transit Exchange for those who would like to start and end their trips at the ski lifts.