It is the location of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort and the town of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, and played host to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

[2][3] The locality was called Alta Lake before the creation of the Resort Municipality of Whistler in the 1970s, but the mountain's name had already been changed in 1965.

This geologic group was created within a shallow underwater basin about 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period.

Granular material, such as clay, sand, and silt, was carried into the ancient ocean by rivers that existed during the Cretaceous period.

There is a weather station near the summit of Whistler Mountain at the Roundhouse Lodge, located at an elevation of 1835 m (6020 ft).