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No eventsGlacier Skiing and Riding on Blackcomb Mountain kicks off June 19
Biggest snowpack in years awaits summer skiers and riders
After a record breaking year of snowfall, glacier skiing and riding returns on Blackcomb’s Horstman Glacier this Saturday June 19th with some of the best summer skiing and riding conditions in years.
“It’s looking like an amazing start to the summer season,” says Adam Francis, Whistler Blackcomb’s Summer Glacier Operations Supervisor. “With the incredible amount of snow we received this year, guests will be able to enjoy some of the best summer glacier conditions in recent years.”..
Early registration strongly advised as most events will sell out
The Winter Olympics were kind of a big deal around here but year after year one event consistently rocks Whistler's world. Kokanee Crankworx, in its seventh year is Whistler's largest summer festival and for mountain bikers of all ages and competitive backgrounds, event registration is now officially opened.
With $80,000 in cash for professionals and $50,000 in prizes for amateurs, registration for Kokanee Crankworx 2010 can now be found online at http://www.crankworx.com/whistler/athletes/athletes. Nine intense days of events, beginning on August 7 running through to August 15, will attract hundreds of athletes from the world’s best mountain bikers to amateurs...
The Whistler Bike Park is now open and the bike park crew have been hard at it getting more trails open this week. New trail additions this week include Dirt Merchant, Easy Does It, Angry Pirate (Upper & Lower), and a full buff job on Samurai Pizza Cat bringing the lower Park to 99.9% open. Golden Triangle is the last little slice of Fitz Zone that we are missing but it is not far off.
In the next few weeks the park crew will be going to work on the skills centers adding a new one off Easy Does It and rejigging the other ones to offer better trailside training for riders of all abilities. At the same time they will be starting the initial forays into the Garbanzo Zone to see just how much snow is burying the trails and what it will take to get some open in the latter part of June.
This movie by Coastal Crew is sure to get you excited for this summer.
Meet at 9am, at the access road to the Municipal Yard next to the bus depot (across the hwy from Spruce Grove).
The aim this week is to re-establish a connection from the hwy to Roll Yer Bones. Please bring work gloves, gardening shears, small saws, or any portable cutting tool you may have. Also please bring garbage bags to collect waste and to carry water and snacks.
WORCA are still looking for sponsors for our trail days. Please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if interested.
Event sponsored by Bear Back Biking.
WORCA - http://www.worca.com/
Whistler Mountain Bike Park Opens Saturday May 15 with 16 Trails
Phenomenal Lineup of Trails, All in Excellent Condition
Area riders are tuning their bikes and getting out their gear as the Whistler Mountain Bike Park opens for daily operations Saturday, May 15 with 16 trails and two skills centres to feed their adrenaline lust.
Signature trails to open include: A-Line, Crank It Up, B-Line, Karate Monkey, Ninja Cougar, Heart of Darkness and many more. The current early-season conditions are for intermediate and above skill level. More trails, including more beginner terrain, will open up as snowpack allows. An updated list of open trails is available on whistlerbike.com.
Riders can also get some indoor practice in the Air Dome starting May 15. The Air Dome, an 8,400 square foot indoor bike training facility with foam pit and wooden ramps, is open Friday to Sunday until June 13; then daily until September 6.
As Whistler winds down its second snowiest season on record, the Kokanee Crankworx team is hard at work putting together what is looking to be an incredible event lineup for 2010 including live webcasting of all events. The 2010 event lineup is as follows:
The 2010 event schedule for Kokanee Crankworx will be as follows:
August 7: Dual Slalom
August 8: Monster Energy Garbanzo DH
August 8: Ken Quon Ride On/BC Cup Finals
August 10: Canadian Open Enduro
August 11: Air DH
August 12: VW Trick Showdown
August 13: Giant Slalom presented by Giant Bicycle Company
August 14: Monster Energy Slopestyle
August 15: Canadian Open DH presented by Kona
A Four-year hiatus serves to fuel anticipation for May 22, 2010
Whistler Blackcomb’s Crud 2 Mud is a classic “transition season” event mixing the end of the ski and snowboard season with the start of the bike season.
In teams or individually, Crud 2 Mud competitors ski or snowboard from the top of Whistler Mountain to the bottom of the snow line, where bikes and equipment lay waiting. Ski and snowboard boots ditched, competitors clip into bike pedals and race through the
Dubeau and Milligan take top spots at 13th Annual Showcase Showdown
Whistler Blackcomb’s 13th annual Showcase Showdown, presented by Burton took over the Nintendo Highest Level Terrain Park last Saturday in the midst of a spring pow day which brought 25 centimetres of fresh snow over night. Jesmond Dubeau and Molly Milligan take first place in the men’s and women’s categories
This year’s event was tagged the Party in the Park, with the BBQ smoking, chili simmering, and good times flowing all day. “The course was in great shape for a “pow day” in the park,” says Graham Turner, founder of Showcase snowboard shop “The event went off and all I can say is, it was Damn Good.”
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