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Seasonal recreation
Winter activities
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Ski Concierge
During the winter, a dedicated Ski Concierge is available to simplify your day on the mountain, providing customised rentals, equipment transfers and direct ski lift access. For assistance arranging lift tickets and booking lessons, please contact our Concierge at (604) 966-2626.
The Ski Concierge can arrange ski rentals through the Mountain Products Store, on the main floor of the Resort.
On arrival at the Ski Concierge, guests are welcomed and presented with dry boots, skis/boards, poles and other equipment such as helmets. The Ski Concierge has an indoor bench that seats 40 people. For ease and convenience, Four Seasons guests are offered complimentary transportation between the Resort and the Ski Concierge, and from the Ski Concierge to the base of Whistler Mountain.
Ski Lite programme
With this programme, you can pack light for your winter getaway. Guests will be suited up from head to toe in skiwear, such as designer wear from Prada and Spyder, at the Whistler Blackcomb Mountain Products store located on the lower level of the lobby. To ensure ultimate carving on the hill, the Ski Lite programme also includes high-performance rental equipment for the 2007 season featuring Salomon, Rossignol and K2 skis and Burton boards. For more information, please contact the Concierge.
Ski Elite programme
This exclusive programme offers Four Seasons guests all the benefits of top private instruction, and more. In addition to the opportunity to work with experienced instructors with a minimum Level III certification from the Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance (CSIA) or the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI), participants enjoy early lift access on Whistler and Blackcomb mountains and priority breakfast and lunch reservations at on-mountain restaurants. The instructors use special teaching aides such as two-way headsets, and also offer video analysis. Complimentary ski and snowboard tuning is included, and guests have the opportunity to exchange their equipment for part of the day to experience the latest technology in ski and snowboard gear. On Tuesdays and Fridays, the Ski Elite team holds fireside ski chats with participating guests. The programme must be reserved at least 24 hours in advance by contacting the Concierge.
Lessons in skiing and snowboarding
Opportunities abound for mountain skill development at Whistler Blackcomb. Enrol in a telemarking clinic, a mogul lesson, a Gatebuster programme, a backcountry tour, or even get certified by the Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance (CSIA). Customise your learning experience by taking advantage of the private lessons, multi-day programmes, daily improvement workshops, women?s programmes and snowboarding clinics. Advance registration is strongly recommended.
Learn more about lessons at Whistler and Blackcomb
Skiing/snowboarding
When it comes to skiing and riding, Whistler Blackcomb offers variety. More than 2,860 hectares (7,000 acres) of skiable terrain on two side-by-side mountains. Choose from steeps, deeps, chutes, high alpine bowls, glades, superb corduroy, long cruisers and gentle rollers. Riders and skiers will revel in the Parks and Pipes on Blackcomb, the World Cup Superpipe, plus natural launch pads, hits, wind-lips, cornices, cliff drops and ridges – the place is like a huge, natural terrain park.
Heli-skiing/snowboarding
Hire your own air-borne limo service and fly to untouched mountains coated with virgin white powder. It is an exhilarating experience to rival all else ? unadulterated skiing and uninterrupted snowboarding down 1,830 metres (6,000 feet) of powder. Heli-skiing/riding requires participants to be of intermediate ability or better and in good physical condition.
Cross country skiing
More than 28 kilometres (17.5 miles) of track-set cross-country trails wind through scenic trails. Additional track-set trails around the Whistler Golf Course offer an ideal beginners route. Cross-country ski trail maps, lessons and rental equipment information are available from the Ski Concierge.
Fresh Tracks breakfast
Fresh Tracks offers early birds a mountain-sized breakfast buffet and early loading privileges. Upload to the Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain between 7:30 am and 8:30 am. As soon as Whistler Ski Patrol gives the okay on avalanche clearance, you are free to hit the open runs on the upper half of the mountain.
Dog sledding
Huskies pull a sled through the spectacular Soo Valley wildlife reserve. Expect an adventure through Whistler?s backwoods and snow covered forests. Dog sledding is fun for the whole family.
Ice climbing
Take some crampons and ice tools and join a professional guide for a day of waterfall ice climbing.
Ice skating
Enjoy indoor ice skating or drop-in hockey at Whistler?s Meadow Park Sports Centre. Skate rentals are available; hockey equipment is not provided.
Snow Cat tour
Climb on board the best winter snow vehicle and charge up the mountain for a few hours. A gourmet fondue dinner awaits you at the top in a cosy, secluded cabin.
Snowmobiling
Exhilarating snowmobile adventures take you off the beaten track. Tours are available for all levels and include qualified guides.
Snowshoeing
Trek along tranquil forest trails on snowshoes.
Sleigh ride
Join in on a cosy sleigh ride through a winter wonderland. Some tours include bonfires and sing-alongs.
Winter fishing
Fish in the warmer elevations of Squamish and the Lillooet River Valleys as you cast out trout, Dolly Varden, char and steelhead.
Bald eagle viewing
The mountains seasonally feature the highest concentration of bald eagles in the world, as they are drawn to the river corridor to feast on thousands of spawning salmon. Travel 45 minutes south of Whistler for a guided walking tour or a gentle raft trip and witness these magnificent birds.
Other activities
- Avalanche awareness tours
- Heli-snowmobiling
- Snow-limo – sit in a comfortable chair on skis driven by a ski chauffeur
- Tube park
- Indoor rock climbing
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