Ski Season Dates and Conditions

As of 10 o’clock in the morning, the resort has cloudy skies in both the village and at the peak.

Snowfall for the season totals 785 cm. 28 cm has fallen within the last week including 1 cm in the past 24 hours and 2 cm over the last two days. The temperature is -7 degrees at alpine levels and 0 degrees in the village.

There are currently 23 out of 26 lifts open and 232 out of 240 runs open.

For details specifically about the resort town, click Whistler Village. To learn more about the ski hill in winter (and the summer), continue reading.

Whistler-Blackcomb in Winter

Whistler and Blackcomb are two ski mountains located right next to each other which, between them, comprise over 200 runs and over 8,000 acres of terrain.

The ski hills are located in the beautiful resort town of Whistler, less than two hours from Vancouver in good driving conditions.

The ski hills have runs for all levels, from total beginners to world-champion skiers and snowboarders. The resort’s terrain parks are also impressive.

In 2017, based on a poll it conducted with Snow Park Technologies, Newschoolers, which is considered to be the world’s top skiing website, named Whistler-Blackcomb the #1 terrain park in the entire Northwest region of Canada and the United States! In number two position was Grouse Mountain.

The ski season at Whistler usually starts in late November and, as one might have expected, it opened for the 2019/20 season on November 28th in 2019.

Last year the first day of skiing was November 22nd, 2018. That season ran until April 22nd, 2019, for Blackcomb, and until May 20th, 2019, for Whistler. At the end of the 2018/19 season, in April 2019, there was a base of 230 cm and 957 cm of total snowfall to date.

Whistler-Blackcomb is a huge resort, so there is no worry about getting bored or not finding new runs to explore, unless you ski for several days.

Winter Ski Ticket Rates

Tickets include access to both mountains, and passes go for around $150 plus or minus per day for adults at the ticket window, but cheaper if you buy online.

Online and phone-ordered lift ticket prices vary throughout the season and are most expensive over the Christmas season, from around December 21 to January 4, and cheapest until mid-December and in the late spring.

Ticket prices are also less the more days you ski, and if you plan to ski regularly then further discounts are available through the Edge Card where you prepay for tickets at a reduced rate, plus qualify for a wide range of additional discounts including subsequent days of skiing. (Note: Edge Cards can usually only be purchased up until the beginning of December.)

Tickets are also sometimes available at a fairly good points-to-dollar exchange rate (especially for Gold members) through the Air Miles program.

Whistler-Blackcomb in Summer

Whistler is equally as exciting in the summer as it is in the winter. Summer is when people are hiking the trails and mountain bikers from the around the world test out some of the best downhill biking trails anywhere.

The chair lifts are still operating in the summer, taking mountain bikers up to the tops of the trails with their bikes, and tourists and hikers to the mountains’ peaks.

Speaking of peaks, Whistler’s Peak-to-Peak gondola takes passengers year-round from near the top of Whistler to the top of Blackcomb.

The gondola ride is an amazing trip, with world-class views from the tops of both mountains. At the top of both ends of the gondola are restaurants, a shop and observation areas from which to continue to admire the views.

TIP: The Peak-to-Peak gondola is highly recommended anytime of the year, except for when it is very windy – at which times it can rightly deserve its windy-day nickname of “Puke-to-Puke.”

Other Information

Click Lower Mainland Ski Hills for general information on other ski hills in the area (including a comparison of the different mountains). To find out what’s outside Whistler itself, but in the surrounding area, click Whistler Area.

For more information about the resort, check out the official Whistler website.

 Source: Vancouversbestplaces