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Grandi, Cousineau top-15 in GS; Guay, Lavoie top-30 in downhill Thomas Grandi is on a roll these days. A week ago the 30-year-old from Canmore, Alberta, finished ninth in a slalom, his best World Cup result in the discipline in three seasons.

A quick trip to Lake Tahoe last week netted Ashleigh McIvor a spot in the skier cross at the Winter X Games in Aspen at the end of the month.

There are still spots available for the second annual Lost Lake Shuffle, a four-hour endurance and relay race around the Lost Lake cross-country ski trails.

For the past two months, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club K2s, aged 13 and 14, have been training for race season.

Exhibition games and practices for Whistler Women’s Volleyball get underway on Jan. 13, and more players and teams are welcome to join in.

The landings were hard at the Vans Triple Crown season opener at Breckenridge, Colorado, last weekend, but not hard enough for Whistler rider Etienne Gilbert.

Last season Cross Country Connection owners Chris Waller and Ian Goldstone held the first ever Lost Lake Shuffle, a four-hour endurance and relay race, to generate some excitement for Nordic skiing in Whistler.

Randonnee Rally part of Big Mountain Experience weekend The backcountry is a tranquil place, and ski touring is typically viewed as a relaxing pastime.

While the snow was falling in Whistler over the holidays, here in Europe the temperatures have been mild and it’s been raining. Where is the snow, and when is it coming? Unfortunately, in the sport of Alpine skiing we rely on the snow.

The Whistler Secondary Storm gymnastics team turned empty bottles into uniforms last Sunday with a successful bottle drive.