# Alta Vista: One Park and Two Highway Transit Stops Define Local Access Points

Alta Vista includes Lakeside Park and two Highway 99 transit stops. No market statistics are available in the supplied evidence.

Published 2026-10-11. Evidence snapshot 2026-10-12.

## Key facts and reporting periods

- Median Sale Price: 921500 cad. Property type: All. Scope: Whistler, BC. Reporting date: 2026-10-11. [Source](https://www.whistler-realestate.com/blog/whistler-housing-market)
- Benchmark Price: 2737900 cad. Property type: SingleFamily. Scope: Whistler, BC. Reporting date: 2026-10-11. [Source](https://www.whistler-realestate.com/blog/whistler-housing-market)
- Benchmark Price: 1622400 cad. Property type: Townhouse. Scope: Whistler, BC. Reporting date: 2026-10-11. [Source](https://www.whistler-realestate.com/blog/whistler-housing-market)
- Benchmark Price: 603600 cad. Property type: Apartment. Scope: Whistler, BC. Reporting date: 2026-10-11. [Source](https://www.whistler-realestate.com/blog/whistler-housing-market)

## Market summary

Alta Vista includes Lakeside Park and two Highway 99 transit stops. No market statistics are available in the supplied evidence.

## Central finding

Alta Vista has one mapped park and two highway transit stops within its boundary. Sources:
[Lakeside Park](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24671598)

## Mapped amenities in Alta Vista

Alta Vista contains one mapped park, Lakeside Park, according to OpenStreetMap Overpass API data. The neighbourhood also includes two transit stop points along Highway 99, one northbound at the 3040 block and one southbound at Hillcrest-Alta. These three points constitute the full set of direct amenities attributed to the area in the supplied evidence.

The presence of a single park and two highway transit stops establishes a baseline of public access points within Alta Vista. No additional parks, schools, retail locations, or community facilities are mapped inside the neighbourhood boundary in the retained dataset. The amenity profile reflects a limited but defined set of local infrastructure points. Sources:
[Lakeside Park](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24671598)

## Municipal and provincial policy context

The Resort Municipality of Whistler adopted new floor-area-based building permit fee calculations effective November 1, 2026, replacing the prior declared construction value method. This change was approved by Council on September 22, 2026, and applies to all development permits processed after that date. The update affects how construction costs are assessed for projects across the municipality, including those in Alta Vista.

British Columbia's Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, effective May 1, 2025, restricts short-term rentals to principal residences and one secondary suite per property. Hosts operating in municipalities with populations of 10,000 or more must register under this framework. While these policies apply at the municipal and provincial level, no specific enforcement actions or registration counts for Alta Vista are included in the supplied evidence. Sources:
[Development and Building Permits | Resort Municipality of Whistler](https://www.whistler.ca/business-development/building-and-development-permits/)
[B.C.'s short-term rental legislation - Province of British Columbia](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/short-term-rentals/short-term-rental-legislation)

## City market context

From the Whistler market article, 11 October 2026:

Whistler's real estate market maintains low activity with 115 sales in Q1 2026 and 21 active shared ownership listings in Q2 2026. Benchmark prices remain elevated across property types despite minimal inventory changes. Whistler's residential market shows persistent low transaction volumes with minimal inventory movement, creating a stable but illiquid environment for buyers and sellers.

## Sources

- [Lakeside Park](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24671598): date unavailable. Scope: neighbourhood.
- [Development and Building Permits | Resort Municipality of Whistler](https://www.whistler.ca/business-development/building-and-development-permits/): Source metadata date 11 October 2026; not a publication or event date. Scope: scope unavailable.
- [B.C.'s short-term rental legislation - Province of British Columbia](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/short-term-rentals/short-term-rental-legislation): Source metadata date 28 September 2026; not a publication or event date. Scope: scope unavailable.

Prepared by Aurynge with AI-assisted research and writing. See /methodology for the evidence and publication policy.