Cover Stories

Sixteen years ago people told Peter Armstrong he was crazy to start a passenger rail company. Today they’re lining up to come aboard. Vivian Moreau takes a ride on the Whistler Mountaineer and sits down with the man behind the train.

Cheap beer, great live music and home of the working man's cultural fix, the Boot Ballet - Pina Belperio chronicles one of Whistler's originals - the Boot Pub, which closes this week after 40 years.

From its origins as a Canadian Pacific Railway inititative 100 years ago - "part adult summer camp, part revival meeting" - G.D. Maxwell chronicles the evolution of the Alpine Club of Canada.

G.D. Maxwell's head of the line contribution to the Collective Novel experience.

Transforming ourselves and the skiing industry by stepping outside the boundaries. Lisa Richardson checks in on how Whistler Secondary keeps the love of alpine fresh in students through its outdoor rec leadership course.

Alison Taylor checks out Canada's, and Whistler's, largest-growing skier demographic - seniors.

Where they came from, where they’re going next - Pique Newsmagazine's Andrew Mitchell reflects on 10 days in Torino.

Story and photos by Vivian Moreau There are just a few houses at the north end of Harrison Lake and a cairn that marks the significance of Port Douglas as a vital stepping stone to the mid-1800s gold rush fields.

From colliding buses, empty seats, the log man, and O Solo Mio, Pique editor Bob Barnett observes lessons learned for Whistler from the 2006 Winter Olympics.

At the Petro-Can service station in Pemberton a good-looking young guy is gassing up his Chevy Z24. His smile and casual body language convey a sense of overall friendliness.