Whistler has announced that it is now fully open with the most terrain in North America available to skiers and boarders.
"Today we opened the Symphony Express Lift on Whistler Mountain as well as the legendary Peak to Creek trail, the longest continuous run in North America. With these two additions, Whistler Blackcomb is officially 100 percent open, offering 8,171 acres of terrain and a mile of vertical," says Stuart Rempel, Whistler Blackcomb's vice president of marketing and sales.
Although larger European areas are now fully open thanks to the recent deluge of snowfall, Whistler is right up there on the world scale with 321cm or 10.5 feet of snow this season so far and on top of that, the Whistler Blackcomb snowmaking team has converted 175 million gallons of water into snow.
BC's send largest resort, Sun Peaks Resort, has also announced it is fully open with the final one of its 11 lifts operational today.
With the West Bowl opening on Saturday, over 100 alpine runs are available for skiing and snowboarding at Sun Peaks. The entire Nordic trail system is also groomed and track-set for cross-country skiing.
Although the snowfall has snowed a little from the pre-season deluge in November, regular snow is still keeping slopes fresh in Western Canada and the country's weather service is forecasting more flurries for the weekend and into next week.