By Andrew Mitchell
In a nutshell, sports and recreation are Whistler’s reason for
being. Some people do come here to rest, but they’d do better to find
themselves a sleepy bed and breakfast somewhere that prides itself on being boring.
Since the beginning Whistler has been the place that people come to do stuff.
The first tourists to flock here up the new rail line in the
1920s came to fish, swim and hike, and generally enjoy the surroundings. We can
assume they sat down at least some of that time, but you won’t find any
evidence of that in the old photographs in our museum and archives.
Whistler Mountain was itself conceived as a venue for the
Olympic Winter Games, as a group of Vancouver businessmen lobbied long and hard
to become Canada’s official bid and bring the rings to town.
It took 35 years to finally win the Games, but the town was
hardly idle in that time. Over the decades Whistler became a four season sports
and recreation haven synonymous with the best of summer and winter sports.
A very high level look at our sports and recreation venues
tells the story.
Obviously the crown jewel of the town is Whistler and
Blackcomb, two mountains that combine to form the largest ski area in North
America (third-largest in the world) with award winning terrain and terrain
parks. The mountains hosts contest after contest through the winter months,
ranging from casual local events to some of the world’s premier ski and
snowboard competitions.
The mountains also host several successful competitive clubs
over the winter, including the Whistler Mountain Ski Club, the Whistler
Blackcomb Freestyle Club, the Whistler Valley Snowboard Club, and Whistler
Freeride Club. Virtually every kid in town is on the roster of at least one of
these groups.
In the summer months Whistler Mountain becomes the world’s most
recognized lift-accessed bike park, an amenity that is growing is size and
complexity each year. This year an indoor bike jumping facility was added. The
bike park also makes the Crankworx freeride mountain bike festival possible.
Last year’s Crankworx included six high profile in addition to the national
downhill championships and a Canada Cup cross country race.
Mountain biking is also healthy elsewhere around the valley,
with an estimated 300 km of cycling trails — including 160 km of
singletrack riding, mostly located in a radius of about 10 km from the centre
of the village. As a result Whistler boasts one of the largest mountain bike
clubs in the world in WORCA, with over 1,000 members for five out of the last
six years.
WORCA itself hosted 20 Loonie Race events, and backed events
like the Ken Quon Memorial, West Side Wheel Up, and Samurai of Singletrack, as
well as the on-mountain Phat Wednesday Downhill Series, the weekly Wild Willies
rides, and countless clinics and camps.
Golfers also flock to Whistler’s three courses, Pemberton’s two
courses, and Squamish’s three courses (including Furry Creek), playing
thousands of rounds of golf each year. This past summer the number of rounds
golfed locally was up about seven per cent over the previous year, as the
region cements its reputation as a golf destination.
There is too much community sports and recreation going on to
list everything, but a quick review shows that all sports are doing well. In
the winter Meadow Park arena is booked solid with three adult hockey leagues, a
growing minor hockey program, and a growing skating club.
The Whistler Nordics quadrupled their membership last year
through a Loonie Race program based on WORCA’s successful bike events, and a
“biathlon bears” program for youth is in the works for next year.
Whistler Gymnastics is, per capita, one of the busiest clubs in
the province, and is designing a full-time facility in the 2010 athletes’
village that will also be used by competitive martial arts, dance programs, and
both national and club level athletes looking to cross-train for skiing and
snowboarding. Whistler even has a competitive dance team, largely comprised of
former competitive gymnasts, that always does well in contests.
During the summer Whistler’s seven ball diamonds are put to
good use by five slow pitch leagues, a fast-pitch league, youth baseball and
countless tournaments. Our sports fields host beach and grass volleyball
tournaments, a 400-member youth soccer league, an adult soccer league, a rep
soccer team, a rugby team, an ultimate league, an ultimate rep team, and all
kinds of tournaments, camps and competitions.
We also have tennis leagues and squash leagues, both of which
are about to get larger as developers plan a new, world-class racquet facility
for Whistler.
And there is a strong trail running community, several popular
road running events, and a competitive swimming and triathlon club that sends
half a dozen athletes to Ironman each year, and dozens more athletes to events
like the Squamish Triathlon.
Skateboarders can train year-round, both at the village
skatepark and in a new underground facility provided by Whistler-Blackcomb at
Franz’s Trail — the latter of which is being completely rebuilt in
the next few months at a cost of about $10,000 because the original builders
didn’t anticipate the sheer number of riders slamming down on their wood ramps
and bowl. The original wood stunts lasted about a year.
On the fringes of sport and recreation, Whistler even has a
busy disk golf course that expanded from 18 to 27 holes in 2005, a couple of
secret wiffle golf courses, and some of the most hairy rope swings into the
lakes ever conceived. The area is also known as a whitewater kayaking mecca,
and courses run through the summer to introduce people to this growing sport.
In fact, you can name any sport or recreational activity, and
Whistler probably has it — and at a much higher level than you’d expect
from a town of just 10,000 permanent residents.
Without further ado, here are some of the highlights from 2006.
January
Jan. 1 — The Test of Metal bike race sells out all 800
spots in about four hours and 20 minutes. Over 400 people joint the waitlist.
Jan. 3 — Whistler’s Jeff Hume announces his retirement
from the World Cup downhill team, but continues to race through the season
while coaching for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club.
Jan. 7 — Just seven seconds separates Revelstoke’s Greg
Hill and Wyoming’s Carey Smith at the fourth Whistler Randonnee Rally.
Jan. 8 — Christine Suter swims 8 km at Meadow Park pool
to raise money for, and awareness of, Alzheimer’s. Paul Suter swam 5 km, and
Marie-Anne prevost 4.5 km. Together they raised over $2,000.
Jan. 8 — Whistler snowboarder Maëlle Ricker picks up a
bronze at World Cup snowboardcross in Austria.
Jan. 12 — The Whistler Nordics host the first event of a
new Twoonie Race series similar to WORCA’s Loonie Races to increase membership
in anticipation of 2010. The series becomes a success, more than tripling the
Nordics’ membership on the season.
Jan. 13 — Alexa Loo, formerly of Whistler, nets her
first World Cup alpine snowboard medal in her 10 seasons of racing, placing
third in Italy.
Jan. 14-15 — Logan Pehota, Cameron Schuster, Devin White
and Max Ripper win a Sports Illustrated for Kids Next Snow search qualifying
event at home in Whistler, while Pehota, Kerry-Anne Hamilton and Brin Alexander
are invited to a Next Snow All Star Event.
Jan. 26 — The Canadian Olympic Committee confirms
Canada’s largest ever Olympic Team, with 198 athletes qualifying compared to
157 in 2002, 154 in 1998 and just 104 in 1994.
Jan. 28 — Whistler’s Kerry-Anne Hamilton wins Earn Your
Stripes award at SI for Kids Next Snow All Stars event.
Jan. 28 — Whistler’s Maëlle Ricker wins the X Games
snowboardcross.
February
Feb. 2-3 — The Whistler Mountain Ski Club hosts a pair of
Bob Parsons Memorial super G races, with local racers winning most of the
medals. Gold medalists include Victoria Whitney, Ben Podborski, Brynne Benbow,
and Alexander Binks.
Feb. 2-3 — Linas Viatkus, Phil Beauregard, Julie
Prud’Homme and Sead Causevic win the annual Appleton Rum Peak to Valley race in
a combined time of 21:41.16.
Feb. 2-3 — Freeskier Laura Ogden of Whistler is top
female at the U.S. Freeskiing Championships. Christian Boucher, another local,
won the men’s Sick Bird award for his choice of cliffs.
Feb. 3 — Whistler hosts the second annual Sea to Sky
Hockey Challenge celebrity hockey game, benefiting programs for athletes. Top
celebrities were the boys from the Trailer Park Boys, and the Hanson Brothers of
Slap Shot
fame.
Feb. 6 — The Canadian Olympic Committee closes Olympic
selection process for all sports. Whistler is to be represented by Mike Janyk
and Manuel-Osborne Paradis in alpine skiing, by Maëlle Ricker, Crispin
Lipscomb, Justin Lamoureux, Dominique Vallée, Brad Martin and Drew Nielson in
snowboarding, and by Sylvia Kerfoot in freestyle.
Feb. 9-10 — Jeff Hume wins a pair of Nor Am Cup super G
races at Apex.
Feb. 9 — 2006 Olympic Winter Games get underway in
Torino, Italy.
Feb. 11 — Yeti snowshoe race held in Whistler. Local
adventure racer Jen Segger first overall in 5 km category, male or female.
Feb. 12 — Whistler Nordics host Coast Cup race.
Florian Beliard of France, visiting Whistler for the winter, places first.
Joanna Harrington places second against top women in province.
Feb. 18-19 — Whistler Mountain Ski Club athletes
take nine out of 12 medals in Enquist Slalom. Gold medals went to Ian Morrison,
Alexander Binks and Brynne Benbow (twice).
Feb. 18-19 — Local RCMP officer Devon Jones spends
24 hours on a stationary bike, raising over $7,500 for Camp Goodtimes and the
Canadian Cancer Society.
Feb. 18 — The fifth annual Lost Lake Shuffle takes place.
Shane Robilliard was the top solo, making 25 laps of the course for a total of
87.5 km in just over four hours.
Feb. 23-26 — B.C. Winter Games. Twelve local
athletes qualified, including hockey players Nadine Crowe and Garrett Milan,
skiers Lauren Cameron, Kailee Darlington, Max Horner, Mackenzie Patterson,
Joshua Patterson and Shona Burton, and street sprinters Conor Halliwell and
Chris Laird, Lauren Mooney and Jenna Romanin. Milan earned a silver in hockey,
while Mooney and Romanin picked up a bronze.
Feb. 25 — Whistler’s Jenn Ashton wins Crested Butte U.S.
Extreme Freeskiing Championships, escorting a group of Whistler girls with the
Whistler Freeride Team. Erin Kerr and Ariana Stufano placed second and third in
the junior category.
Feb. 25 — Dustin Craven, Pilar Peterson win Showcase
Showdown pipestyle competition, a new format of event blending halfpipe and
park.
Feb. 26 — The Whistler Nordics host their annual Loppet
in heavy snow. Nikki Kassel persevered as the top woman in the 30 km race,
while Duncan Munro and Maureen Harriman topped the recreation 15 km course.
Feb. 26 — The 2006 Olympic Winter Games wrap up, Canada
winning 24 medals to place third in the rankings. Medal winners included Becky
Scott, Sara Renner and Chandra Crawford in cross-country skiing, Jennifer Heil
(and Dale Begg-Smith competing for Australia) in freestyle, and Dominique
Vallée in snowboardcross. The alpine team had three fourths and a fifth, while
Maëlle Ricker placed fourth in snowboardcross.
Feb. 23-26 — Whistler’s Alison Leighton takes gold
and silver medals in Pontiac GMC Cup weekend.
March
Mar. 3-5 — WMSC skiers finish on top of K2
provincials. Three gold medals to Ian Morrison, two to Brynne Benbow, and one
to Sarah Elliot.
Mar. 10-19 — The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games take place
in Torino, Italy. Canada places sixth in the medal tally with 13 medals,
including five gold medals.
Mar. 10 — Swedish snowboarder Jonatan Johansson dies
while training on snowboardcross course at Lake Placid. His was the second
World Cup related death in three years, with Line Osvold of Norway dying in
2004 while training for an event in Chile.
Mar. 10-11 — Thomas Grandi picks up a pair of World cup
bronze medals in giant slalom in Japan, while Whistler’s Mike Janyk places
fourth.
Mar. 10-12 — Whistler’s Bantam Rep team places
second overall in the province after a strong showing at the championships in
Lillooet.
Mar. 18 — Maëlle Ricker is fourth in a Japanese
snowboardcross, finishing second overall on the World Cup tour for the season.
Jasey-Jay Anderson wins seventh snowboard globe for Canada with third
snowboardcross title. Crispin Lipscomb wins first World Cup gold medal in
halfpipe, while Dan Raymond posts personal best fourth.
March 18-19 — The WMSC cleaned up at provincial
championships, while K2s held their own the nationals. Medal winners for the
K2s were Madison McLeish (gold and silver), Brynne Benbow (silver), and
Alexander Binks (bronze). K1 skiers won all but five medals in 12 races. Top
skiers were Mackenzie Patterson (five gold medals and one silver), and Ford
Swette (three gold medals, a silver and a bronze).
March 20-28 — Whistler hosts the Pontiac GMC Cup
championships. For locals, Britt Janyk picked up gold medals in downhill and
super G, Mike Janyk regained the slalom title, and Alison Leighton picked up a
silver in super G while skiing for the provincial team.
April
Apr. 1-2 — Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club nets 16
medals in provincial championships led by Zack Glanzberg, Dana Jensen, Cam
Doye, Jae Woo Choi, and Simon Louwe.
Apr. 1-2 – The national snowboard championships take
place in Quebec. Whistler medalists include Dominique Vallée, Katie Tsuyuki,
Justin Lamoureux, Jeff Batchelor, Don Schwartz and Maëlle Ricker.
Apr. 6-9 — WMSC hosts annual Sierra Wireless
Whistler Cup. Kailee Darlington has top WMSC performance, earning a silver
medal in Kombi event.
Apr. 8 — Whistler Freeride Club hosts annual big mountain
contest. Top males are Logan Pehota (U13) and Ryan Sullivan, top female is Erin
Kerr.
Apr. 8-9 — Local skier Bob Switzer places first
overall in the 60-69 age group at Canadian Masters Championships.
Apr. 9 — Paul and Christine Suter race Ironman Arizona,
finishing 23
rd
and fifth in their respective age categories.
Apr. 9 — Summit Sport edges Sun Dogs Eyewear in
down-to-the-wire game for squash league title.
Apr. 14-23 — The Telus Whistler Ski and Snowboard
Festival takes place with events for skiers and boarders. For locals, Molly
Milligan is the top snowboarder at McDonald’s Rail Jam, Star of Peace Quinn won
the women’s Stompede, Craig Beaulieu won the men’s Stompede, Crispin Lipscomb
wins men’s Superpipe SuperHit contest.
Apr. 23 — WORCA bike swap sells over $76,000 in
mountain bikes and gear, raising over $9,000 for youth programs.
May
Not much to report in the early part of the month due to
wedding and honeymoon of sports reporter.
May 13 — Downhiller Claire Buchar places 10
th
in first World Cup downhill of the season in Spain, while Jeff Beatty placed
second in opening NORBA downhill in California.
May 20 — After missing a year due to the lack of snow the
annual Crud to Mud race was back. The race includes an on-snow giant slalom
course to midstation, followed by a rip down A-Line in the bike park and is
raced by solos and teams of two. The top solos were Rob Cook for the men, Alex
Prochazka for the juniors, Kasie Stroshin for the women. For snowboarders, it
was Wendy Robinson for the women, Mitch Crone for the juniors, and Mathieu
Hebert for the men.
May 20-21 — Whistler Secondary senior girls place second
in zone soccer championships.
May 22 — In their age groups at the North Shore
Triathlon, David Higgins was first, Bob Deeks second, Christine Suter third,
Marie-Anne Prevost first, Greg Sandkuhl first, Dawn Titus first, and Claire
Daniels third.
May 27 — WORCA, community host B.C. High School
Mountain Bike Championships. Tyler Allison won a gold for his age category.
Devan McClelland was second in bantam heavy bike and Sydney VanLoon first in
senior girls.
May 27 – The Whistler Tri Club hosts second Kids of
Steel Triathlon. Locals winning medals include Toria Whitney, Stephen Chilli,
Bronwyn Lawrie, and Tyler Welsh.
May 28 — The 15
th
annual Valley Trail Run
takes place. The top male and female are Oliver Blake and Kristina Rody, one
second apart after 10 km.
June
June 2 — Local golfing addicts Stephane Proulx and Adam
Risto embark on a journey to play 10 Canadian golf courses in 10 provinces, in
10 days, while travelling about 8,000 km in a classic Porche. Check out the
blog at
www.theperfectten.ca
.
June 5 — Whistler loses its snowboard World Cup event,
held every December since 1996. The loss is the result of a FIS decision to
delay North American events until later in the World Cup schedule, creating a
conflict for the resort.
June 17 — 11
th
Test of Metal takes place in
Squamish, with hometown heroes Neal and Meghan Kindree winning respective elite
categories. Too many Whistler riders to mention in the age categories, but Matt
Ryan and Matt Bodkin get props for breaking the three hour mark while finishing
eighth and 12
th
overall.
June 18 — John Blok wins age category at Victoria
Half Iron.
June 24 — Whistler team wins Howe Sound Little League
Major Division title, plus championships.
June 24 — Temperatures crack 35 degrees for third annual
Comfortably Numb Trail Run. Mike Edwards is the top Whistler runner in fourth
in 2:06:51, while Kristina Rody was the top female in 2:08:10.
June 25 — Marie-Anne Prevost places second in 30 to 34
age category at Ironman Coeur d’Alene in Idaho, qualifying for world
championships.
June 24-July 1 — Adventure racers met their match at
Primal Quest with teammate of local racer Jen Segger almost dying as a result
of severe heat stroke. Team MindOverMountain, featuring locals Mark Fearman and
Gary Robbins finished 35
th
overall.
June 29-July 1 — Red Bull Elevation returns to Whistler
village, drawing top BMX stars. Corey Bohan of Australia took the win, followed
by Luke Parslow and Ryan Nyquist.
July
July 9 — Ninth annual Squamish Triathlon takes place.
Locals on the podium in their age categories were David Higgins in first, Paul
Suter in first, Bob Deeks in second, Greg Sandkuhl in first, Emma Smith in
first, Dawn Titus in first, Tom Barratt in third, Karen Blaylock in third, and
Brenda Baker in third.
July 15-16 — Locals take part in Canadian Mountain
Bike Cross Country Championships. Tyler Allison wins Under 15 category, Tony
Routley second in Master 50-Plus.
July 15 — Tyler Morland three-peats Mount 7
Psychosis bike race, while Kevin Phelps wins hardtrail category and Claire
Buchar takes women’s title.
July 15 — Whistler Hoary Marmots RFC beat Vancouver
Rowers RFC in exhibition home game.
July 22-30 — Crankworx Freeride Mountain Bike
Festival takes place, including national downhill championships and Canada Cup
cross-country competition. Tyler Morland second in men’s downhill, Alex
Prochazka top junior. Rob McSkimming, James McSkimming win Super D categories.
Jen Ashton repeats Air Downhill.
August
Aug 4-6 — The provincial cross country and downhill
mountain bike championships take place on Vancouver Island. Tyler Allison wins
the Under 15 cross-country title, Bob Allison wins the 45 to 49 Masters title,
Kerry-Anne Hamilton is third in Under 15. In the downhill, Tyler Allison is
second.
Aug. 12 — The Air Dome opens at Base II, giving
freeriders a chance to try new tricks while jumping into the foam pit.
Aug. 12 — The annual STORMY 67 km trail runs takes place
in Squamish. The only Whistler finisher was Michelle Kaminski, sixth in the
women’s Under 40 category.
Aug. 6-12 — The TransRockies Challenge take place,
covering 600 km over seven days of riding. Local finishers include Jennifer
Tabbernor, Jon Inglish, Lon Martin, Hillary Harrison, Ryan Watts, Lesley
Clements, Nikki Kassel, John Chilton, and Chris Malthaner.
Aug. 12 — The Hoary Marmots RFC host a 10-a-side
tournament, placing second and third at home.
Aug. 13 — David Higgins has another strong triathlon,
placing first in his category at Kelowna Apple Triathlon.
Aug. 13 — The first annual Ken Quon Memorial “Ride
On” takes place, raising more than $10,000 to buy a field diagnostic machine
for Whistler emergency services. Chris Clark was the top male and Sylvie Allen
the top female.
Aug. 14 — Whistler’s Comfortably Numb trail is
awarded Epic Ride status by the International Mountain Bicycling Association.
Aug. 26 — Five Peaks trail run on Whistler Mountain
attracts over 400 runners.
Aug. 27 — A record eight Whistler residents take part in
Ironman Canada. Mike Edwards is the fastest local, placing 62
nd
overall and 11
th
in his age category. Other athletes in the race
were Paul Suter, John Blok, Grace Blok, Marla Zucht, Mark Lyttle, Jacalyne
Sherlock, and Scott Brammer.
September
Sept. 9 — Claire Buchar finishes her downhill season with
a 13
th
, ranking 14
th
overall — despite a setback
with a badly damaged thumb.
Sept. 9-10 — Locals Jen Tabbernor and Joe Maika
finish on top of the solo categories in the Sea 2 Summit Adventure race.
Sept. 9 — The 13
th
annual West Side Wheel Up
takes place, with the men’s win going to Dave Burch and Joanna Harrington taking
the women’s title.
Sept. 16 — Maëlle Ricker places second in South America
Cup snowboardcross in Chile.
Sept. 16-17 — The sixth Samurai of Singletrack takes
place over two days and over 108 km of Whistler’s most challenging singletrack.
Local Chris Clark wins the men’s title, while Sylvie Allen was the top female.
The course was so long that about five riders had to go back for a third day to
finish the last section of course because things were getting too dark to see.
Sept. 22 — The Squamish Cougars WHA hockey team drops the
puck on its inaugural season with two Whistler players in the lineup
— Troy McLean and Patrick Wiebe.
Sept. 23 — Max Plaxton and Alison Sydor win the 22
nd
Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic. Too many local results to mention, but Jen Tabbernor
and Mike Boehm won their age categories.
Sept. 24 — The 22
nd
annual Rubble Creek
Classic Trail Run sells out for the first time. Special mention goes to the
athletes who did both the 71 km Cheakamus Challenge and 25 km Rubble Creek
— Mike Edwards, Sarah O’Byrne, Lina Augaitis, and Gary Robbins.
Sept. 24 — The annual Grouse Grind takes place in
Vancouver. Whistler’s Morgan and Joren Titus place second and third.
Sept. 30 — After two years of coming second and third the
team of Gary Robbins and Mark Fearman finally win a Mind Over Mountain
adventure race.
October
Oct. 8-9 — The Whistler Mountain Bike Park wrapped up its
season with the Harvest Huckfest. Matt Ryan and Matt Bodkin win the Earn
It/Burn It for the men, and Charlotte Klein and Wendy Robinson for the women.
Tyler Allison and Alex Prochazka were the top juniors.
Oct. 9 — Dozens of locals take part in the Royal Victoria
Marathon and Half Marathon. Four Seasons Manager Scott Taber was the fastest
local marathoner, 48
th
overall.
Oct. 10 – The B.C. Snowboard Association announces the
provincial team for 2006-07. Nineteen of the athletes call Whistler home.
Oct. 15 — Dave Burch wins the Lumpy’s Epic Trail Run in
Pemberton. Kristina Rody was the top female racer.
Oct. 16 — Alpine Canada confirms that Whistler will host
World Cup events in the 2007-08 season, the first ski events held since the
downhill was pulled in 1998 after three years of being cancelled due to the
weather.
Oct. 22 — All three Whistler athletes in the Ironman
World Championships in Hawaii finish; Mike Edwards, Paul Suter and Marie-Anne
Prevost.
Oct. 23 — The IOC acknowledges that it is considering the
addition of up to five new events to the 2010 Games. Only skicross is approved
at the end of November, and it will only be included if VANOC gives it the
greenlight.
Oct. 26 — WORCA hosts its second annual Halloween Loonie
Ride on a wet and spooky night.
November
Nov. 4 — Twenty-five local runners take part in the Haney
to Harrison run, with Duncan Munro finishing all 100 km of the relay as a solo.
He was in second until stomach problems led to cramping, and limped the last
two legs into the finish.
Nov. 1-4 – Local riders survive La Ruta de los
Conquistadores. All finish, even though only 210 out of 510 starters made it to
the line. Finishers were Andreas Hestler, Charlotte Klein, Hillary Harrison,
Lina Augaitis, and Megan Rose.
Nov. 11 – Trevor Hopkins places 10
th
in
Cyclocross Nationals.
Nov. 12 — Seven bike race is announced, a seven day ride
on Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast and Sea to Sky. Visit
www.sevenbikerace.com
.
Nov. 24-Dec. 1 — Lake Louise hosts Winterstart World Cup.
Manuel Osborne-Paradis, John Kucera, Kelly VanderBeek win medals.
December
Dec. 1 – Cross-country skiers enjoy the earliest opening
of the Lost Lake trails in recent memory.
Dec. 3 — Whistler’s Michael Janyk places second at a
World Cup slalom at Beaver Creek, Utah, the first medal of his career. On the
same day Kelly VanderBeek of Ontario won a World Cup bonze medal in super G at
Lake Louise.
Dec. 8 — Alpine skier Thomas Grandi and his partner,
cross-country skier Sara Renner, team up with the David Suzuki Foundation to
launch Play It Cool, encouraging other athletes to buy carbon credits and
offset the greenhouse gas emissions produced by their travel.
Dec. 11 — The Whistler Cycling Committee presents its
draft Recreational Cycling Plan to the RMOW, including plans for additional
mountain bike trails and facilities in the valley.
Dec. 19 — Calgary’s John Kucera picks up Canada’s fifth World Cup medal of the season.