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Mountain Culture
Whistler’s Inaugural Spirit Within Festival
Learn about the original Sea to Sky locals at the The Spirit Within Festival, Whistler's inaugural celebration of First Nations Culture.
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Stoked for Winter or Lamenting Summer?
Autumn is a beautiful time of year in Whistler but should we be getting stoked for the upcoming winter or feeling sad for the end of those glorious warm days of summer? The debate rages on.
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Whistler is Bear Country. Be Smart.
As summer rolls in The Insider reminds everyone to be Bear Aware. But check out this great footage of our local black bears courtesy of Brian Hockenstein Cinema.
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WSSF- How to Festival
Whistler's World Ski & Snowboard Festival is the best "season-ender" party on the planet. Ten action-packed days of high-energy good times might seem difficult to navigate but The Insider makes it easy with this handy "how-to" guide. More partying, less standing around wondering what to do...
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Whistler’s Gay Ski Week Celebrates 20 Years
Gay Ski Week is Whistler's longest-running festival (20 years!) and with official support from the municipality, this year's WInterPRIDE is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best ever.
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Whistler’s Golden Girls — Three Local Olympians
You always hear about the lack of women in ski towns but here in Whistler we not only have lots, they all rip. The Insider chats with three homegrown Olympians about skipping school, riding pow and other joys of growing up in Whistler.
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Whistler – Home of the Amateur Meteorologist
Usually people talk about the weather when they have nothing else to say but here in Whistler, where those all-time powder days can strike at anytime, everyone is an Amateur Meteorologist.
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Whistler Search & Rescue Manager: Brad Sills
It's all fun and games until someone kicks off a class 4 avalanche, or ends up lost in a creek bed with no food or shelter, or breaks their femur or... It's all fun and games until it isn't... then it's time to call Brad Sills and Whistler Search & Rescue.
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Whistler’s Hottest Fashion– The Toque.
Here in Canada we call them Toques and these grab-and-go headwarmers were just voted "Best Example of Whistler Style" in the local newspaper. The Insider heads out on the town to get the skinny on toques, beanies, knit caps or whatever else they're called.
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Snowcats, Snow Jobs and Unsung Heroes
Snowcats are what brought Feet Banks and his family to Whistler but the Powder is what kept them here. Feet remembers being a kid, riding in snowcats, and busting huge daffy's in Jersey Cream bowl.
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Whistler Film Festival – 7 Flicks Not To Miss
There’s snow on the hills and stars in the village this week for the 11th annual Whistler Film Festival. With over 83 films screening this is when our silver screens light up with stories from around the world (and close to home.) The Whistler Insider suggests seven films worth checking out (but really they are…
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Opening Day Whistler—Always worth it.
Opening Day in Whistler is like Christmas, New Year’s and Valentine’s Day all rolled into one. Fresh pow, big smiles and a mountain of high-fives, you just have to get up earlier than everyone else in town.
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Best Board for Whistler – Rocker or Camber?
Whistler offers every kind of terrain so the Insider asks, “Is there a perfect board shape for ripping these mountains?” The answer is, “You betcha!”
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