have been at the Château Whistler (over US-Thanksgiving) in nov-98, nov-97 and nov-96.
The hotel rates (double, no breakfast, my CP-Club membership allowed upgrades to the mountain-side all three times) were always great (I booked pre-season-rates through Swiss tour operator Kuoni) at Sfr 120 (96), SFr 160 (97) and SFr 180 (98). The can$ was then on parity with the SFr.
Skiing (Blackcomb and Whistler) was limited to 60%, 60%, 50% of all lifts. Going to the top was only possible twice on Blackcomb and once on the Whistler side.
The men's world-cup downhill (which was always scheduled for the weekend just after US_Thanksgiving) was cancelled all three times: once early for not enough snow, once for to much snow (heavy snowfall on race-day), and once for heavy rain during the whole weekend.
[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 06-22-2000).]