as a guy who doesnt come from america, i can tell you that the whole world sees whistler as a commercial ski mecca in a way, its hyped up huge , its definately the most well known mountain in north america, if not the world
talking about mainstream people(including people who dont ski), most dont know whistler exists, but they know vail and aspen, garunteed. Maybe places like jackson hole, park city, squaw cause of the olympics.