Snow School at Whistler-Blackcomb
Whistler Blackcomb Snow Sports School offers you great lessons from highly qualified, professional instructors for skiiers and boards of all levels
Group lessons: at Whsitler Blackcomb group lessons are a maximum of 4 people in a group, Max4. Available in full day and half day afternoon options. Lessons are available on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain. The perfect environment to build your confidence while you learn & discover our incredible mountains. Groups are made up of Skiers or snowboarders of similar ability from First timer to Comfortable Novice (Levels 1 to 3) or Intermediate skier to Expert (Levels 4 to 6). Lessons start from £70 per day, when booking 3 or more days.
Private Lessons: for you on a one to one basis or create your own private group of up to 4 friends or family of a similar ability. Choose a ski or a snowboard instructor, or even try telemarking. The day is yours to customise, Ski all together all day, or split your time with your guide. Your instructor for a half day is from £285 or for a full day from £395, the same price for one or 5 of you!
Private lessons are also the perfect choice if you are looking to develop your skills in the bumps, off piste or in the powder.
Ski Like an Olympian: Get instruction in any one of a range of competative disciplines on ski or snowboard including freestyle; Ski/snowboard Cross; Freestyle Mogul; Halfpipe; Downhill; SG and Giant Slalom; Slalom.
Adaptive Ski & Snowboard: These programmes are popular and instructors are limited so these courses book up early so do book early. The programmes cater to a full spectrum of skiers and snowboarders from beginner through advanced with physical or cognitive disabilities.
Ski & Snowboard Guiding at Whistler-Blackcomb
Whether you enjoy laying down carved tracks on freshly groomed pistes or heading off-piste to freeski the whole mountain being escorted by an experienced guide will help you ski parts of the mountain you might not normally get to.
The Whistler Blackcomb Mountain Host program offers you free orientation tours daily for intermediate and expert skiers & riders. They depart daily around mid morning to either Whsitler or Blackcomb mountains.
Looking for a guide but you also want a professional to push your skiing skills that bit further, while working to ensure your safety? The solution we can offer at Whistler Blackcomb is to arrange a private instructor either one-on-one or make a group with up to four family or friends of similar ability. Not only will your guide show you how the runs link up but will also take you to the front of the lift ques with your lift line privalege!
Childcare Programme at Whistler Blackcomb
Nursery: Whistler Blackcomb offers fully licensed childcare programs for children aged 18 to 48 months. This is a fun, stimulating, age appropriate environment in three convenient locations, at the Westin in Whistler Village, and outside Xmas/New Year they also operatate at the Blackcomb and Creekside bases. Childcare staff are trained in First Aid and love kids so your children will have a great time.
Children’s Skiing: At Whistler Blackcomb Children’s Skiing is organised for kids of similar ability levels between 3-6 years and 7-12 years. Daily group lessons can be pre-booked which include instruction as well as a hot lunch. An Adventure Camp is the best group lesson program for kids wanting to really make that improvement. It's absolutely jam packed with fun events, themes and activities. Your kids will get comfortable fast as they have the same instructor all week, allowing enhanced learning progression with measurable results and lasting friendships. The Adventure Camps include hot lunch and snacks daily, lift line priority and small class ratio.
Heli Skiing at Whistler-Blackcomb
This huge Heli-skiing area from Whistler-Blackcomb has over 475 skiable runs between early December and April. Add a pre-booked packages to your holiday. You can pre-book by the day with 3, 4 or 6 run pre-bookable options. Prices start for the 3 run 'Classic Experience' at around £480.
We will find you an option whether you are a first timer looking to try Heli-skiing for the day or a technically strong, experienced skiier/boarder looking for a fast paced day with lots of vertical.
Lift Passes at Whistler-Blackcomb
Tickets provide access to both Whistler and Blackcomb mountains including the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola, Terrain Parks and Superpipe, along with complimentary Mountain Orientation Tours (see guiding above).
Whistler Blackcomb offers a variety of lift pass and multi-day lift ticket options for all ages. Skiers and snowboarders aged 19-64 years are classed as adults. As a guide a 5 day adult ticket will be aproximately £315 if bought at the ticket office. For pre-booked tickets we can offer substantial discounts from this. We can also arrange discounted tickets for senior, youth and child tickets.
Ski & Snowboard Equipment Rental at Whistler-Blackcomb
At Whistler Blackcomb we can pre-book a large selection of modern rental equipment maintained by trained and professional technicians. The location and and type of equipment will depend on where you are based, be it Creekside, Whistler or the Upper Village. All of our locations stock the season's new equipment, FREE Storage, Tuning & Service. By renting you not only save the hassle and cost of taking your own but you can also choose the ski that is right for each day depending on conditions: powder, carving, or all-mountain. Kids gear and a good selection of helmets are also available. For more on Equipment Rental visit our Equipment Rental Page
If you have fogotten any kit, or want to treat yourself, Whistler has a great selection of shops stocking a range of brands, sizes and colours.