Oh I have spent plenty of time in your area! I was in about 15 communities inside the BC boundaries in 2006 for a few mths.
I climbed Grouse Mountain and did the Grouse Grind in under 60 mins. I snowboarded at Whistler. I lived at the foot of Grouse in a massive house for a month. I loved my time out there and many other BC communities.
Nice, that's a real good time for the grind! It's still not open yet as we had such a great winter season. So glad you enjoyed it out here, it's a pretty great place. The only rough thing about it is the traffic lol, there's been lots of development since you were here but the roads haven't changed a bit!
The "improvements" to prep for Whistler 2010 Olympics was a nightmare, I saw it while I was there just starting in tiny bits and kept a watch on that end of the news for years and talked to people.
More gov't waste and contracts like the usual suspects like Miller Co with different arms getting greased, for negligible "improvements" like the 99 North project to Whistler.
Oivay.
Have a good day, Steem ON!!