Whistler’s World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF) continue to grow after receiving a $135,000 RMOW investment through the Whistler Festivals, Events & Animation Program. With just under two months until the start of this year’s WSSF festival in Whistler, North America’s largest winter sports and music festival, Whistler’s investment guarantees a more enticing 2013 WSSF …
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Family Day was a huge success for the B.C. ski resorts as Sun Peaks set new winter records with its third busiest day of the season and busiest February day on record, while Whistler Blackcomb drew over 85,000 skiers and boarders to its mountains on B.C.’s first ever Family Day weekend. Canada West Ski Association …
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Whistler Blackcomb has announced a new ‘Olympic Experience’ for skiers and boarders interested in taking lessons on the snow from an Olympian. At a cost of $850/day, skiers and boarders could have the chance of a lifetime skiing or boarding with former Canadian Olympic skiers and boarders such as Rob Boyd, Britt Janyk, Julia Murray, …
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Running now for over 20 years, the FIS Speed Ski World Cup returns to Sun Peaks next week. Over 50 skiers and racers from around the world will be competing at the Sun Peaks Resort’s Headwalls Speed Skiing track from Feb. 28 to March. 3rd. The Sun Peaks event for the FIS Speed Ski World …
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IRONMAN Canada has released the new course map for this year’s inaugural IRONMAN Canada race in Whistler. Canada’s top mountain resort won the rights to IRONMAN Canada after Penticton decided not to renew its contract with IRONMAN Canada and move in a different direction. At 140.6 miles, the new IRONMAN Canada Whistler course is broken …
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Wanderlust, Whistler’s weekend long music and yoga festival in August has announced another incredible lineup for this year’s 2013 festival. Headlining the yogifest includes one of the legendary DJ’s, Moby who is a veteran of the 90′s dance music scene. Other performers rounding out the eclectic lineup includes BC’s violinist, Sarah Neufield, who has performed …
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The second annual Bluebird Banked Slalom will take place in the “Hully Gully” of Sun Peaks Resort on Sunday, Feb. 17. Located on Tod Mountain, the Hully Gully is a brand new course that many love to say more than once. The team at Sun Peaks Resort spent all summer grooming the new course on …
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Whistler took advantage of the Family Day long weekend to continue the tradition in announcing a new weekly Wednesday Family Night in the popular ski resort. Starting tomorrow, Wednesday Feb. 13, Whistler’s first two-hour Family Night will begin at 5pm with various events planned that will continue until the end of the winter season. With …
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This Monday, Feb 11, marks BC’s first Family and Sun Peaks is celebrating with the rest of British Columbia’s ski resorts in offering half-price lift tickets. In fact, Sun Peaks is going all-in and throwing a small weekend festival of events to celebrate Family Day and create a fun family-oriented atmosphere. On Sunday, Sun Peaks …
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The TED conference has announced that TEDActive, where “ideas worth sharing” come to life, is bringing its tedtalks platform to Whistler in 2014. Alongside the global TED Conference that’s being hosted in Vancouver, TEDActive will be hosted on the same dates in Whistler, BC. With a price tag nearing $7,500 for a ticket to the …
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