Whistler Weather Conditions

Here's the summer 2019 weather forecast for B.C.  Pique NewsmagazineFebruary 2019 was the coldest .February on record in Vancouver since the records began in 1937. However, summer is expected to see above average ...

Embrace the silly season  Pique NewsmagazineIt was a week I wish I'd worn another layer—skiing on what looked like a warm day but wasn't. I had been surprised by snow...

BC: Heavy rain to close out the week, risk of avalanches  The Weather NetworkHeavy rainfall is set to close out the work week in British Columbia.

Whistler Mountain Ski Club marks 50 years  Pique NewsmagazineClub has played essential role in developing ski-racing over half a century.

Naturespeak: Equinoxes, Seasons, and Solstices  Pique NewsmagazinePersonal thoughts about Daylight Savings Time aside, I love this time of year. March 20 saw the first of 2019's two equinoxes, this one heralding...

Darkside Skimo set to debut  Pique NewsmagazineThere's a time and place to push one's luck, but spring in the backcountry is neither. That's a major reason why after last year's sold-out Squamish Skimo race, ...

Clarke fifth at Jr. Worlds  Pique NewsmagazineFreestyle Whistler alumnus Skye Clarke came up big at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Klaeppen, Sweden, on April 9. Competing in the slopestyle ...

The need to be fire smart  Pique NewsmagazineThe wildfire in Squamish last week was a bit of a shock. After all, we still have snow in the valley here and just a few days ago, we were putting on our wellies to ...

Elson, Toth Ohler capture Darkside Skimo wins  Pique NewsmagazineAs national champions and fixtures in the global ski mountaineering scene, Darkside Skimo champions Nick Elson and Kylee Toth Ohler are used to adjusting ...

Squamish paddler crosses the U.S.  Pique NewsmagazineOn April 28, it will have been a year since Squamish's Jillian A. Brown first put her paddle in the waters of Oregon in an effort to become the first woman to canoe ...

‘Very experienced skier’ dies after falling down crevasse in Pemberton backcountry  Pique NewsmagazineA 38-year-old man is dead after falling down a crevasse while skiing in the Pemberton backcountry on Monday, April 15, according to Pemberton District Search ...

Cycling the Baltic States Part 3:  Pique NewsmagazineIt takes two-and-half hours to cross the Baltic Sea on the ferry from Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki, Finland, enough time to write 15 postcards. I am looking forward ...

WSSF: 'The Outsider's' greatest hits  Pique NewsmagazineWith a new spring comes a new rendition of the storied World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF). Now slimmed down to just five-and-a-half days, the ...

Remembering the 'glamorous' World Cup days  Pique NewsmagazineLongtime Whistler locals packed into the Whistler Museum on Thursday, March 28 to celebrate the resort's fascinating history of hosting World Cup downhill ...

Running: A love story  Pique Newsmagazine"Help me. I don't know what to do." I'm standing in the forest on a narrow trail in Squamish, less than 24 hours after my life has imploded. In front of me is a large ...

Devonian destiny  Pique NewsmagazineThe other day, after our first good March rain in the valley, a friend texted me a photo of a Western toad crossing a snowy...

Epic Hakuba II: Details, details  Pique NewsmagazineSki-touring above Norikura Onsen, the trees thin and the ridge opens up, zigzagging to an alabaster pyramid several kilometres distant. Our guides know those ...

Peiffer reflects on successful rookie campaign  Pique NewsmagazineWhistler Freeride Club alum finished sixth in FWT overall standings.

Is Hiking With Face Masks The New Normal?  BuzzFeed NewsPeople move to the Pacific Northwest to be near incredible natural beauty. But each year, wildfires and rising temperatures are making it harder to go outside.

Howe Sound clean-up plans underway  Pique NewsmagazinePeople in the Sea to Sky Corridor care about the marine environment and have responded to local calls for a Howe Sound clean-up put out by the Future of ...

How Citizens Can Stop the Big Five's Disastrous Fossil Fuel Funding  TheTyee.caCanada's major banks have financed $464 billion worth of fossil fuel projects since 2016.

Pro skier Dave Treadway dies after 100-foot plunge into crevasse  The Washington PostDave Treadway, a Canadian professional freeskier, was killed Monday when he fell about 100 feet into a crevasse while skiing in the backcountry with a group ...

Letters to the Editor for the week of April 4  Pique NewsmagazineCanadians should own our responsibility While enjoying the unusual amount of March sunshine and bemoaning the lack of *fresh* snow, I read the Pique's ...

Weather reality check  Pique NewsmagazineWe all know it is going to snow. It always snows. Sometimes it is earlier than expected and sometimes it is later than we hope...

Oilpatch stays home from B.C. conference after Whistler mayor calls for climate-change compensation  CBC NewsCenovus is the latest energy company to opt out of a investment conference in Whistler, B.C., after the mayor of that community called on Canadian Natural ...