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‘This isn’t the ’90s. Times have changed’: My middle-aged reality check

His ankles hadn’t felt the pinch of ski boots for nearly two decades. How would this visitor fare on the slopes – and in the bars – of Whistler?

  • Alex Rowe
The mountains and the lift that connects them – the Peak to Peak gondola.

The Aussie former ski instructor now running North America’s No.1 resort

Thought Australia’s contribution to the world of snow ended at six Olympic medals? One of ours runs the ski resort consistently ranked North America’s No.1.

  • Jim Darby
Whistler's world class pedestrian village filled with shops, hotels and restaurants blanketed with fresh snow at dusk Whistler Canada

How to look ‘steezy’ in the snow capital of cool

Whistler-Blackcomb in Canada is the home of cool and consistently ranked as one of the world’s best ski resorts.

  • Anabel Dean
The grand dame of Whistler's hotels looks like a medieval Bavarian castle though it was only built in the 1980s.

Fairmont Chateau Whistler review, Canada: The world's most romantic snow getaway

It's an alpine fantasy arriving in a "newly-reimagined lifestyle hotel" at the bottom of Blackcomb Peak in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia.

  • Anabel Dean
One and Only Whistler BY ANABEL DEAN

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credit: Tourism Whistler and Fairmont(handout photo supplied via journalist for use in Traveller, no syndication)

Whistler, Canada travel guide and things to do: Nine winter highlights

Nowhere is quite in the same league as North America's largest and most celebrated ski resort.

  • Anabel Dean
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Whistler is Canada's capital for thrill.

5 thrill-seeking adventures to try in Whistler

Here are five ways to rekindle the joys of travel and get the whole family excited in Whistler this winter season.

  • Brian Johnston
Bobsledding in Whistler.
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Six of the best winter activities in Whistler

Six of the best winter activities in Whistler

It's only from an aerial perspective that you can truly appreciate just how vast North America's largest ski resort really is.

Six of the best winter activities in Whistler

From dogsledding to heading to dinner via a snowmobile, here are six must-do activities.

  • Rob McFarland
Skiing at Hakuba is full of these moments of unadulterated Japanese-ness.

Japan and Canada: One ski trip, two distant countries. It's easier than you think

You no longer need to be crazy to combine two of the world's finest ski experiences in the same trip.

  • Rob McFarland