The skiing is good... despite Vail Resorts (owners of Whistler-Blackcomb ski area)

Whistler peak, February 12, 2020

Mid February and the skiing is good.

LOTS of snow fell in January (after almost none November & December).

Weekends (especially holiday weekends such as this weekend) are quite crowded -- welcome to Whistler -- and Vail Resorts (owners of Whistler-Blackcomb) are not making a lot of friends with "locals" (Whistler, Sea-to-Sky area, Vancouver)! A current change.org petition, with nearly 9000 signers (to date), shows how upset people are.

Vail tries to suggest this is all due to the poor start of the season snow-wise (it was terrible until the first days of January, with little snow, little open and huge Christmas crowds), but those who live here know that's not the reasons people are so unhappy with Vail Resorts. Checkout the comments in the petition to see the many reasons.

We live here, so we make the best of it (such as staying away from the hill on a holiday weekend!)....

And it's so much better than living in the city!