The Whistler Music Festival (July 19-20) is a good warm up for the much bigger 3 day Pemberton Music Festival (July 25-17),  With acts such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, The Tragically Hip (go Canada!), Jay-Z, Interpol, and many others.  Check out the whole list of acts at www.pembertonfestival.com , […]

Today is the last day of the winter season on Blackcomb, but if you still have the yearning to hit the slopes never fear as the Blackcomb Glacier is opening tomorrow for summer skiing and riding.  If however you are like the rest of us here at VIP and have already hung up your skis, […]

The first week of June is Whistler Wellness week, Blackcomb glacier opens on the 8th of June, Whistler Envirofest goes from June 6-8, Whistler Dragon Boat Festival if from June 28th to 29th, and the Farmers Market is set to open June 15th for the rest of the summer.  Oh yeah, the golf courses are […]

For many the month of May means the beginning of spring but for those lucky few who call Whistler home it means the opening of the Mountain Bike park.  Although there is still snow on many of trails around the Whistler valley, it is now the time of the year when you can go for […]

We just had our VIP season closing retreat up at the Callaghan Lodge.  What a great team building trip. We had 2 days of ski touring, some cross country skiing, some partying, and some relaxing.  All in all a great event with sunshine both days.  If you want to see some photos please just let […]

Dylan and Matt just came back from four days of ski touring up at Whitecap Lodge, absolutely fantastic, steep lines with knee deep powder what more could they ask for? If you would like to see some photos of the trip just ask and we will send some […]

With two rather large snowfalls over the Easter weekend it looks like Whistler has been plunged back into the throws of winter.  The skiing over Easter weekend is having some locals calling it the best weekend of this season for skiing/riding.  The telus ski and snowboard festival is up next. If you haven't heard of […]

It certainly feels like spring in the air, the snow is still really good at the top of the hill, but the village snow is starting to disappear.  However from the amount of snow we have had down to the village it looks like it might take a couple of months to fully disappear. If […]

I just had a great weekend back at the Callaghan Lodge.  We had 30 cm of fresh snow the skate skiing trails were in great shape and the ski touring was fantastic.  Nothing like a good weekend of fresh air, fresh snow, and some R & R to make you feel like you are truly […]

After several years of absence the Downhill is finally back to Whistler.  All the action is from the 21st to the 24th of February.  The Men's Super G is on Thursday, the Women's Downhill is on Friday, the Men's Giant Slalom is on Saturday with the Women's Super Combined finishing off the weekend on Sunday.  […]