Whistler Olympic Park

Whistler Olympic Park, the site of all cross-country skiing, biathlon, Nordic combined, and ski jumping competitions during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, now offers a spectacular venue for your sporting competitions, meetings, conferences, and other events.

 

Whistler Olympic Park is located in the Callaghan Valley, approximately 20 kilometres south of Whistler Village. Surrounded by spectacular scenery and wilderness, this venue features five unique indoor meeting facilities with countless outdoor options, on-site parking, and offers a host of summer and winter activities. Whistler Olympic Park offers snow sport enthusiasts 90 kilometres of expertly groomed and track set cross-country ski trails including five kilometres of lit trails for night skiing, making the Callaghan Valley a truly world-class Nordic ski area.  Other features include a biathlon range, snowshoeing trails, ski jumps and views of glacier-swept mountains.

 

Day Lodge 

The beautiful full-service Whistler Olympic Park Day Lodge offers a range of services including: pass sales, equipment rental, lessons and programs for all ages and abilities, retail essentials, change facilities with showers and toilets, food service including snacks and hot beverages, fireplace lounge or sun drenched deck. 

 

Cross-Country Competition Centre

The 6,000 square-foot cross-country competition centre is used mainly as the technical centre for cross-country skiing events. The main building offers space suitable for meetings and courses, and the West Wing contains a large space which is used as a base of operations for training athletes and teams.

 

Biathlon Competition Centre

The 6,000 square-foot biathlon competition centre is used mainly as the technical centre for biathlon events. The facility is used for meetings, courses, and as an athlete centre and team waxing area. It also contains several offices for venue staff.

  

Biathlon Range

Whistler Olympic Park’s state-of-the-art electronic biathlon range is used for training, special events, and is open to the public for supervised programs during winter and summer. Try your hand at biathlon! Exclusive use of the Biathlon Range must be pre-booked.  

 

Jumping Hills, Lift and Judges’ Tower

The jump hill walk-on ski lift will be used to access the top of the jumps for pre-booked groups and training events.

Fast Facts

Whistler Olympic Park is the first Olympic Nordic venue to include all three traditional Nordic sport stadiums in one site: cross-country, ski jumping and biathlon.

The Day Lodge features an athletes’ lounge (172 square metres/1,850 square feet) and a wrap-around deck (150 square-metre/1,600 square feet). Lounge rental includes exclusive use of its commercial kitchen and sound system, deck, and access to men’s and women’s change rooms, shower rooms, and washrooms.

The Whistler Olympic Park also offers a ski play zone consisting of a gentle slope with a series of snow features and obstacles, and a moderately sloped toboggan hill.

Facility Specs

Year completed 2007 Seating capacity 10000 Parking capacity 1500 Medical room Yes Warm up area Yes Licensed for alcohol No Official rooms Food services Yes Dressing rooms

Scoreboard Sound system No Owner Private Office space Yes Weight room / fitness facility No Equipment storage Yes Ticket box No Media room Yes Internet capability Wireless Hospitality room Yes

Sport Hosting Services

Whistler is prepared to offer promotional, operational and visitor experience support to sport event organizers in a number of ways. Listed below are just some of the services provided to sport event producers on a case by case basis:
- Bid Development
- Connections to Local Resort Partners
- Marketing and Communications support
- Site inspections / Venue selection
- Operational support and resources
- Destination collateral
- Accommodation booking support to source out suitable accommodations, rates and availability
- Tickets and packaging opportunities
- Media hosting
- Registration for larger groups

Hosting Portfolio

2011 NorAm/World Jr. & U23 Championship Trials (tentative)

2011 Payak Loppet (Cross Country)

2011 Coast Cup (Cross Country)

2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games

2009, 2010, 2011 Whistler Spirit Run

2009 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
2009 FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup
2009 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
2009 IPC Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon World Cup

2009 IBU Biathlon World Cup

Weather Information

Due to Whistler’s coastal proximity, temperatures are moderate through the winter season, rarely dipping below -10°C (12°F) in the valley and -15°C (5°F) in the alpine during the coldest part of the year. Expect -5°C (22°F) average daily alpine temperatures during most of the winter months.

Facility Contact

Brady Smith
Senior Account Executive
Whistler Sport Legacies
604-964-0041
Send e-mail to facility contact
Visit the Whistler Olympic Park website

Community Contact

Events Department
Tourism Whistler
1-888-869-2777
Send Email
Visit the Whistler Olympic Park website

More Information

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