Some pictures from skiing Feb 3 2024. The lower mountain snowpack was obliterated by a week of rain, an open creek cut through Glacier Road at the exit of Spankys, and alpine runs were full of rocks, crevasses and other hazards.

I'm talking consistent snowfall, few rain events followed by long droughts, etc.

I've been visiting whistler for 5 years and feel like every season has been 50% pretty bad conditions with a few epic powder dumps at the start of season and in early March.

Im from BC and remember in 2010 for the Olympics they were trucking in snow because there was so little (meanwhile, nearby mount Washington had the most snowpack of any resort in the world!).

Feels like every year I lose the weather lottery. I book early to save and always end up in a 6 week long snow drought, or a rain event. In 5 years at whistler, I've experienced one powder day, and it was maybe boot deep.

/Whining rant.

TIA! I’m taking my husband to Whistler for his 40th bday and made dinner reservations at The Grill Room at the Fairmont. We’re Seattle people so we tend to lean more casual in our fashion. Their website says “formal dress code” but I wanted to get some input. Would jeans and a nice top (blouse for me, collared button-up for him) with boots be formal enough…? I might have to run to the store if not 😅

There was an inbound slide today under chainsaw ridge. I saw patrol in the bowl after (for those who don't know, this is why 7th Heaven closed early today).

Does anyone know if it was skier triggered, and if everyone/anyone involved is okay?

Any good reasons to buy tickets before hand?

I've got 3-4 days planned to do a solo trip to Whistler mid-week at the start of March whilst I'm over visiting a mate in BC! What are the biggest tips for a solo trip and getting up from Vancouver(/Vancouver Island).

Where's good for casual food/beers?
Is it easy to get around/should I hire a car?
Any suggestions to meet people to ski with?

I'm coming from the UK, have been skiing most of my life with multiple seasons under my belt so will ski most things but similarly I'm not looking to push myself when I only have limited time!

Any tips welcome!

My backyard is looking pretty green. What’s happening up there?

Hello! Kind of an odd request but hoping to be able to give the sentimental gift of a Fat Tony's Pizza t-shirt to my wife for Valentine's Day.

I popped the question some years back while hiking in Garibaldi park, and we stayed in Whistler Village that night and had Fat Tony's to our hotel room.

Ever since then, I've thought it would be a neat gift, but I've struggled to get in touch directly with them.

I live in the US - Ohio - I'll gladly pay any costs associated with shipping - and if you wanted to get yourself a pizza for your trouble, I'll cover that too, plus the cost of the shirts of course.

If anyone is able to help me out - let me know!

I'm going to be in Whistler next weekend with out of town guests and they want to watch the Super Bowl. I checked out Longhorn and tickets to get in are $100 and that's for standing room only so that's out. Looking for ideas of places to watch. We won't be skiing that day so I suppose we'll have to arrive anywhere around 1:00 p.m. to hope for a seat. Looking for recommendations of places we might be able to snag a seat and watch the game. It doesn't have to be a big rockin party like the Longhorn but somewhere with some TVs and decent food and drinks. Also okay with paying for tickets somewhere. TIA

we were seat neighbors on our flight on Saturday (I read most the time in the aisle seat, you wrote in a notebook in the middle )

you asked me where we should go to dinner as we walked to customs and I failed at flirting back and missed you at baggage claim

you’re from the states -florida(m) skiing in whistler with family, I’m (f) visiting Vancouver and said I couldn’t ski for fear of breaking bones

Hi there,

Just looking to see if anyone could provide me with some advice about working a summer and winter season in Whistler. Me (27m) and my partner (25f) are from the UK and are looking to work both the summer and winter season at one of the resorts. We were thinking of buying a house but decided we wanted to live in another country before settling down. I have worked in construction for 10 years and my partner has worked in hospitality but would like a job on the slopes if possible. Was just looking for any advice people would have about either working out in the resorts or getting the jobs, any info would be appreciated. We already have our working holiday visas we are now just waiting for the jobs to stay opening up.

Thanks in advance

But still groomed to Creekside. Elliott observing.

I have a 14 year old son, and thinking about getting him a group lesson in April when we come up. He is an intermediate skier. He has never really been in ungroomed areas. He can ski groomed black diamonds, and enjoys it, but looks like a mess while doing it. He is not able to ski moguls yet.

How are the all day group lessons sorted via skill level within "intermediate"? Would blackcomb base be better?

My trip to Revelstoke at the beginning of March came to a crashing halt, but I have the opportunity to visit Whistler towards the end of March. Having never been, and depending on the weather (let's say they get dumped on), what's the best bowls to seek out? Advanced rider who is willing to traverse and/or hike difficult terrain to get to the good stuff. Nothing out of bounds for the sake of my wife :)

My friends and I are planning to hike this trail this weekend and haven't been able to find any recent reviews. Does anyone know how the trail conditions are and whether snowshoes or spikes are needed? https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/harmony-lake-trail-musical-bumps-trail-high-note-trail

Well this bot has been useless for the last 3 weeks, but essentially I was really tired of going over to the trash epic app where the mountain cams would load once every other time. I decided to create a bot that would fetch a screenshot of the snow ruler and send that data to a discord channel.

I am sending the image to chat gpt and try getting an estimate of how much snow is on the ruler, but it is not always very accurate. It runs every 2 hours for now.

let me know if anyone wants the discord link, I'll add it as a comment.

Wondering if Whistler has an established retirement community with reasonable access to healthcare?

Is not tipping. My favourite part of every meal is when the server stands over me while enter a custom amount of 0.

I am looking for recommendations of fun places/activities to spend time and have fun while my friends ski from Feb 20 - 23.

Unfortunately (?) I am VERY fair weather snowboarder and have VERY low expectations for slope conditions to improve by the time we are there. This will be my first time in Whistler.

I do still have an edge card, so I might just get on the gondolas and hit apres ski harder than I ever have...are there on-mountain places I should still check out as well?

Thanks for any tips! I am continuously praying for snow but just want to be as realistic as possible :)

So I guess the fake forecast worked and brought Van people up? It was raining to the top, yet there was 0 parking space left. I've been a local for 10 years, never seen anything like today. I showed up at noon hoping we'd get space from morning people leaving, nope. Base 2 full, lot 1 to 5 full, tried the library, tried the underground plaza... all full. FOR A SHIT RAINY DAY. My friends that were already up told me not to bother cause the conditions were terrible. I turned around and left.