Who’s ready for winter?!

“Ever wanted to carve down the same alpine ski slopes featured during the 2010 Winter Olympics? Whistler Blackcomb is giving you that chance this season as the Olympic host resort will open the Men’s and Women’s Alpine Skiing Courses for skiing and snowboarding all winter long. Even better though, doing so won’t require breaking the bank - Early Bird Unlimited Season Passes are now on sale starting today, August 30.”

“A run-of-river power project on Fitzsimmons Creek is meeting its targets for power production, according to the people who run it.

The 7.5 MW facility, located on the creek that separates Whistler Village from the Upper Village, was officially opened on Aug. 26 but it actually started generating power in January.”

Big news from Ski Area Management Magazine regarding helmet laws for skiing and snowboarding in the state of New Jersey.

“SAM Magazine—Trenton, N.J., August 24, 2010—In a 33-2 vote yesterday, the New Jersey state Senate passed a bill requiring kids under the age of 18 to wear helmets at ski areas. Under the proposed law (it heads to the state Assembly now), parents, legal guardians and supervising adults will be fined $25 for the first offense and up to $100 for repeated offenses.”

The Globe and Mail mentioned us in a recent “end of summer” highlight article. Thanks!

“It’s your last chance to enjoy a mountaintop BBQ, twilight sightseeing and the kid-friendly Adventure Zone at Whistler (whistlerblackcomb.com).”

Sorry for yet ANOTHER Crankworx post (and yet another photographer-focused post) but this one is so good!

“This year I was lucky enough to land the job to shoot the official photos of the 2010 Kokanee Crankworx event up in Whistler, BC.  I’ve been there every year since 2006 now, and it was great to mark the 5 year anniversary with a jump into shooting it commercially.”

Whistler-based photographer Dan Carr blogs about this year’s Whistler Blakccomb ad campaign shoot.

“As winter gets a little closer every day, the ski magazines begin to hit the shelves again.  Always an exciting time of year for me as I begin to see the fruits of my labor from last season.  The first one I’m posting up here was just published in Powder Magazine (though Australian readers may have seen it a few months ago in some mags over there too).  This is the first in a series of ads that I shot in the spring time for the ski resort Whistler Blackcomb.”

Whistler Blackcomb photographer Eric Berger won a big award at the illustrious Red Bull Illume awards. Congrats Eric!

“Eric Berger’s shot of Dan Treadway won New Creativity. “On his first try, skier Dan Treadway sent too much snow down with him and I never saw him pass — I only saw a wall of snow pouring over the opening,” says Berger.”