This year’s music festival for the Outdoor Concert Series at Whistler’s World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF) is headlined by one of hip-hop’s greatest artists, Nas, and up and coming Canadian indie band, Arkells. Nas will be performing a free show on Saturday, April 13th, while the Arkells will be closing out the 2013 World …
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Over the next 16 days the Callaghan Valley in Whistler is hosting its largest ever sporting event, the Sea to Sky Nordic Festival. Hosted from March 15 to March 30th at the Whistler Olympic Park, the Sea to Sky Nordic Festival is the Canadian National Championships for four Nordic winter sports including Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon, …
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The Whistler snow report didn’t disappoint as Whistler Blackcomb received 20 cm of fresh snow overnight under a snowfall warning that is to bring up to another 50 to 60 cm of fresh power to the mountain by Saturday. After last week’s Pineapple Express system, this would increase Whistler Blackcomb’s March snowfall over 200 cm, …
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The Whistler community is launching its support to organize a search for a lost GoPro camera on Whistler Blackcomb following the tragic and unexpected passing an Australian man’s girlfriend. The couple, Matt Lorraway and Rebecca Ware, recently traveled to Whistler from Feb. 3 to 17th where the couple lost their GoPro camera in the Creekside …
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Whistler Blackcomb is thanking the Hawaiian weather system, known as the Pineapple Express, after a major snowfall hit the Whistler ski resort last week. In the past 7 days, nearly 150 cm of snow fell at Whistler Blackcomb including 92 cm of fresh powder on Thursday and Friday last week. While the Pineapple Express lasted …
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Whistler Blackcomb announced that Blackcomb’s new Crystal Zone chairlift will be named Crystal Ridge Express. Local Whistler resident, Kevin Welsh, won the “You Name It” chairlift competition that Whistler Blackcomb announced in late January. The new high-speed quad chair will significantly increase access to Crystal Zone trails such as Ridge Runner, Rock ‘N’ Roll, and …
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Whistler Blackcomb received their first significant snowfall since Christmas as the mountain has received 54 cm of fresh snow in the past 7 days. The current forecast predicts that another 30 cm of snow will fall in Whistler between now and Thursday, followed by another major snowfall from the Pineapple Express system on Friday and …
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With two months to go before the 2013 World Ski and Snowboard Festival in Whistler, this year’s schedule of events is just starting to trickle out. The arts and music festival line-up for the Outdoor Concert Series is yet to be announced, but the schedule for sporting events is out with the World Skiing Invitational …
Read more »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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