Whistler Blackcomb Reviews & Ratings

Whistler has become unaffordable over the years. For $285 per day (in 2025), one would expect all the slopes to be groomed, weather permitting. Expect long queues and overpriced food, drinks and accommodation. Our preference is to skip Whistler all together and rather use the Epic Pass funds for a ski trip to Austria every other year.

Great skiing experience. Wide variety of runs ranging in difficulty. Beautiful surroundings and very friendly people. Lines for lifts can be long during peak season.

Great world class resort, but gets really busy on weekends, especially powder days. Lots of varied terrain to explore.

Great overall resort for adults and families. A verity of accusations and food options. Dine in or self prepare. Two grocery store in vicinity

Area is expensive. Typical for report towns. Some restaurants are closed due to lack of staff. Lack of staff housing and high price of rent create staffing shortages.

Overall quality of resort is 8/10

Whistler is a fun family ski resort with lots of runs. Really fun and easy to navigate but does get quite busy

Stunningly beautiful, great snow, gig runs for all
Levels but can be busy on lifts
Town very equipped for
Your sores ski needs

I have been skiing at whistler since I could walk, great resort - 20 years later and Im still finding new routes to discover. Has gotten busier but with new lifts lines are manageable. The Blackcomb side is usually less busy.

Amazing ski slopes for beginners, day pass is on the expensive end but overall great. Also Nordic ski which is fun

The terrain is seemingly endless. Both mountains offer a range of riding, blackcomb is a little better for snowboarding as whistler has more flat sections.
The lineups are normally bad and powder days at the weekend are insane

I was there with the family mid December and we were lucky enough to have some good snow! Unfortunately in was pouring rain for 2 of our 3 days of skiing, but what's great is that once you get up high enough it's just snow. Even though we had to dry all of our clothing after the ski days, it was a great trip.

Blackcomb was by far the biggest ski resort available. Its essentially like its own City just at the bottom of the lift! With that being said, its best to go during the right weather as anything too warm can cause the snow lower down the mountain to be quite choppy.

Whistler Blackcomb might be my favorite ski resort in the world. Amazing variety of terrain, great vertical, amazing restaurants, nice hotels, and a great apres ski scene makes it a great choice for all types of riders.

It's only weakness is lack of snow. On a powder day it may be the best ski experience in the world, but it can rain often leading to slushy snow or little snow due to the warmth.

Very long wait lines and expensive as hell, but really big resort with lots of great terrain to ski and although the lifts close pretty early (around 3 pm) a nice resort.

An incredible full resort experience with ample ski terrain for all ability levels. The village is vibrant with a lot of options for families and non skiers to enjoy their stay while others ski.

This is maybe the only resort that Ive been to where they do an insane amount of avalanche control to allow anyone the chance to be a free ride shredder. The available terrain is amazing, you can genuinely ski right from the very peaks and pretty much go anywhere off piste to find powder, and everyone does! Absolutely every part of this mountain.. I should say mountains because you get access to two huge mountains on your day pass, and the Peak 2 Peak (look it up its cool). gets ridden and it can be challenging to find an untouched line anywhere some days if you arent there first thing. If you want to stay on piste too, the runs are great. Tends to be where the less experienced go and it can be busy so I personally avoid It, but overall. Only downfall is the resort can be very busy, and lift lines can be long, especially on a pow day. Parking is a nightmare unless youre there early. Whistler as a whole has world class service everywhere you go. There are not as many sweet apres spots as I would like and none are on the mountain like they have in Europe. Longhorn would maybe be the closest thing to a European apres bar scene but they dont do a the best job of it. I would hit up Merlins at the base of Blackcomb or Dustys at the base whistler creekside for an authentically Canadian apres scene at a busy resort. Although I am sad to say Dustys recently changed the price of their amazing giant nachos to $60 which is outrageous. If you wanna ski in Whis and not spend a lot of money bring a lunch! Anyway Im sure youll have an unreal time here regardless!

Whistler is my favorite spot in the world! During the winter season I live and love the Whistler life and to ski Whistler & Blackcomb. Great ski-in/ski-out, amazing variety of runs & beautiful village.

The chair lift line ups are unbearable! Less time skiing, more time lining up on chair lifts. Its a party town and the Apres are great! Tons of restaurants to choose from and lots of shops to shop! Prepare to spend your money!!! I love the village. I use to look forward to going to Purebread when we ski Whistler. Aside from being expensive, its a fun place to be

Great boarding and the lifts were super efficient! Loved the fresh tracks in the morning! Would definitely return again

Great mountain to ride, lots of varied Terrain , and great selection of bars and restaurants and accommodations. Great destination resort.

I have loads to say about Whistler Blackcomb so here are some bullet points for planning your trip.

- Biggest resort in North America, you will have the best time skiing as there is so much terrain.
- Views are awesome.
- There are hundreds of groomed runs and if you want to go off piste there is heaps to explore.
- There are accommodation options in both Blackcomb and Whistler Village which are ski in ski out but most places you can walk to in the town even if it doesnt say ski in ski out.
- Creekside is quieter for nightlife but there is free parking at this gondola. Dustys pub is awesome but the queues are generally shorter here.
- As soon as the lifts open for Harmony Ridge or Peak go up as its awesome.
- Expensive day passes, side note - if you want to ski in Whistler Blackcomb and want to save money on a ski pass buy an Edge Card before the season actually starts its so much cheaper.
- Queues are very long and ok a powder day can be about 2-3 hours in line this is on both Whistler and Blackcomb. If you are able to avoid skiing on the weekend youll have a much better time as there are usually no queues on the weekdays.
If you are skiing one day, ski Whistler in the morning and take the gondola to Blackcomb and ski there in the afternoon
- There is no night skiing.
- Lifts say they open at 9am but be there for 8am as they usually start loading people in the gondola as its awesome to get fresh lines.
- Apex is awesome, longhorns is the most popular but super expensive. Go to Dubh Linn, there is always live music and its good fun.