WHISTLER, British Columbia - Ua hui pū ʻia nā mauna ʻo Whistler a me Blackcomb i kēia lā me ka wehe nui ʻana o ka PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola. Ua loli mau ka skiing, ka holo ʻana, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā mauna ma Whistler Blackcomb a ua hele mai nā malihini mai kahi mamao aku e lilo i ʻāpana o ka manawa koʻikoʻi.
Ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nei ka gondola nui Doppelmayr 3S i hōʻailona mākaʻikaʻi hou loa ma Kanada a he hana ʻenekinia, e uhaʻi ana i ʻekolu mau moʻolelo honua: Longest Continuous Lift System – Whistler Village Gondola (1,157m/3,796ft.) a hiki i Blackcomb Mountain (4.4km/2.73). mile); Lae Kūlana Kiʻekiʻe - 436m/1,427ft. ma luna o Fitzsimmon's Creek; a me ka lōʻihi loa i kākoʻo ʻole ʻia - 3.024km/1.88 mile ma waena o nā hale kiaʻi ma kahi mamao loa.
Ua hele ʻo Kuhina Gordon Campbell i nā ʻaha kūhelu ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Whistler Mountain a hoʻolaʻa i ke keʻena mua i ka Spirit of BC Sky Cabin. "ʻO ka PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola he mea hoʻohiwahiwa hou e hoʻopaʻa ai i ka inoa o Whistler ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka honua," wahi a ke Kuhina Nui Gordon Campbell. "E kōkua ia i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hauʻoli a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā manawa hoʻokele waiwai hou a me ka ulu ʻana i ka wā e helu ai mākou i ka wā e hoʻokipa ai ʻo BC i ka honua i ka 2010 Olympic a me Paralympic Winter Games."
"He hana kupaianaha o ka ʻenekinia, me kahi kapuaʻi kaiapuni liʻiliʻi, ʻo ka PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola e hōʻoia i ka inoa honua o Whistler ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi a ʻo kekahi o nā hale hoʻokele ski nui ma ka honua," wahi a ka Mea Hanohano Gary Lunn, Kuhina Moku'āina ( Haʻuki). "E hāʻawi ia i kahi ʻike hauʻoli no ka poʻe kipa ke hoʻokipa mākou i ka honua i 2010 e hauʻoli i nā mea pāʻani ma ka 'Olumepika a me ka Paralympic Winter Games."
E hāʻule ana ka hau i ka ʻākoakoa ʻana o nā malihini ma ka hale ʻo Whistler a me Blackcomb PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola e hoʻolauleʻa ai a holo i ka gondola. ʻO nā malihini e holo i ka hale kaʻa mua mai Blackcomb a hiki i Whistler mai 3 a 90 mau makahiki a ua koho ʻia e ke kaiāulu no kā lākou mau haʻawina like ʻole iā Whistler Blackcomb a no ko lākou makemake i nā mauna.
ʻO ka Sky Cabin mua mai Whistler a Blackcomb ua hoʻopiha ʻia me 21 mau malihini i kūʻai i ko lākou mau noho ma o ke kūʻai aku e hoʻopōmaikaʻi ana i nā hana aloha ma ka ʻāina ʻo Sea to Sky, me ka Whistler Blackcomb Foundation. Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia he CDN $22,000 no nā hui kaiaulu i nele.
“He lā mōʻaukala kēia no Whistler Blackcomb. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola he hanana hoʻokahi i loko o ke ola a ʻo ka ʻike ski, kaʻa, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana ma nā kuahiwi ua loli mau loa ia," wahi a Dave Brownlie, ka pelekikena a me ka luna hoʻokele nui o Whistler Blackcomb. "ʻOliʻoli mākou no ka nui o nā poʻe i hiki ke hana i ke kino a i ʻole ma ka pūnaewele e kaʻana like i kēia lā kūikawā me mākou. I kēia manawa ua wehe ʻia ka PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola, kono mākou i nā malihini e hele mai e ʻike pehea e hiki ai iā ia ke kōkua iā lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ko lākou lā ma Whistler Blackcomb.
Hoʻonohonoho paʻa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ʻAmelika ʻĀkau kiʻekiʻe o ka ski ski a me ka hau hau, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Whistler Blackcomb i ka huakaʻi kauwela i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. Na ka PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola e hoʻololi i ka hoʻoilo a me ka holo lio, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi kauwela a me ka huakaʻi alpine. Aia i kahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻelua hola ma ka ʻākau o Wanekoua a piʻi i ke Kai kupaianaha a hiki i Sky Highway, ʻo kēia wahi huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa he nani maoli ke ʻano.
