Whistler Heli-Skiing
By: Whistler Blackcomb · 2026-06-15
🇨🇦 Canada · British Columbia
Whistler Blackcomb
ウィスラー・ブラッコム
Whistler Blackcomb is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada. It runs from 675 m at the base to 2284 m at the summit. Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 74 marked runs and 15 lifts, totalling about 26 km of piste. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 511 cm of snowfall a season, 64th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. The nearest city of any size is Vancouver, about 94 km away. 6 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
4.3℃
Max wind
8.4km/h
Elevation
675–2284m
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified. Snow report on the official site ↗
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 10/10
Base 2/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌫️ 26 Sept | 0 | 0.3 / 6 | 9.4 |
| ☁️ 27 Sept | 0 | 1.4 / 10.2 | 8.7 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 1.5 / 8.9 | 10.7 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 2.2 / 5.9 | 10.3 |
| 🌧️ 30 Sept | 0 | 3.8 / 7.4 | 7.8 |
| 🌧️ 1 Oct | 0 | 5.7 / 8.3 | 8.6 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 4.4 / 7.9 | 7.3 |
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Marked runs
619
Run length
299km
Lifts
36
Vertical
1,606m
Top 2,259 m · base 653 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvancedExpertOther Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map4.5 km
Steepest pitch43°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs13.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 47%
East 13%
South 8%
West 33%
60% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Novice 11
Easy 165
Intermediate 209
Advanced 213
Expert 10
Other 11
Lift types
- Chairlift16
- Gondola9
- Magic carpet9
- T-bar2
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live Cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
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Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
See the snow in motion
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How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
511 cm
per season
Range over three winters
212 cm
438–650 cm. The best winter was 1.5x the worst.
World rank
64
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
7
of 172 in Canada
Elevation rank
28
Highest to lowest, of 172 in Canada. The centre point sits at 1,300 m, 763 m above the national median.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ski Callaghan | 17 km | 646 cm | 27 |
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 50.1163, -122.9574
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28