Feel the rush of gravitational force on a bobsleigh or skeleton sled at the Whistler Sliding Centre. Team up in a group of two or four for the Olympic sport of bobsleigh racing in sleds that can go as fast as an automobile. Not for the faint-hearted, typical bobsleigh tracks are concrete and go through 180° curves and turns!

Grind through the crests and dips of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park tracks by hiring a mountain bike for a day. Covering four zones with 70 expert-designed mountain trails, the park is suitable for riders of all levels.

If you’re new, start at the Orientation Centre where guides will help you adjust your bike and pick the best trail for your ability. Practice routes are available for you to warm up with your fellow adventurers.

Any trip to the Whistler mountain region is incomplete without a wildlife tour.

Home to 60 charming black bears and cubs, these adorable mammals feed, mate, and hibernate within the area, attracting researchers’ attention as a subjects of study for over two decades.

To do so safely, we recommend going on a bear viewing tour with an expert guide in the evening. Human traffic is lower and the crepuscular black bears become more energetic as twilight beckons, feeding on grass, leaves, ants, and berries.

Your guide will personally drive you in a 4×4 vehicle on roads through bear ranges close to bear feeding and hibernation sites. Along the way, you will learn how old growth forests and mountain plants contribute to the unique ecology of the mountains, and the impact of human activities on bear habitats.

Catch a panoramic view of Whistler’s stunning mountain ranges on a PEAK 2 PEAK 360 Experience cable car ride.

Available from late May to early October annually, PEAK 2 PEAK tickets include access to open-air chairlifts and gondolas, a viewing gallery and a 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games display, mountaintop dining offers, alpine wildlife tours, and hiking trails.

The highlight of the attraction, the gondola provides pristine unblocked views of the village and mountain peaks 436 metres above ground. Glide over 4.4 kilometres on the world’s longest continuous lift system. Pick a glass-bottomed gondola to spy on bears picking at tasty berries on a clear summer day.

Enjoy an eagle’s eye view of the mountains with a helicopter tour!

Together with five other passengers, rise 20,000 feet over glacial lakes and extinct volcanoes with the helicopter pilot as your guide. Blackcomb Helicopters offers a 12-minute introductory aerial tour of the area, and a more comprehensive 24-minute ride which includes an additional 15-minute glacier landing.

You can also book a customisable tour to glaciers, nearby districts such as Tofino, or request heli-biking, heli-hiking, and even marriage proposal flights. You can also fly to an utterly private picnic spot, and dine on charcuterie and salads catered by Table 19 Lakeside Eatery. You will be in good hands with experienced helicopter guides who are able to provide maintenance and emergency services in the area.

Drop a fishing line in the fresh water lakes of the Whistler region.

Summertime fishing in Whistler is known to yield fishes such as rainbow trout, Dolly Varden trout, and Cutthroat trout. Pick from your choice of remote lakes, fishing holes, or tributaries of the Pacific Ocean. Local fishing guides can take you heli-fishing and provide all equipment and advice.

The cooler weather, oxygenated water, and abundance of nymphs and shrimp makes Whistler’s water a perfect habitat for trout and pink salmon that arrive in late summer. If you are lucky, you may even see bears, eagles, and beavers venturing to the bodies of water for a seafood feast, setting nature’s food chain into action!

If you are looking to unleash your inner lumberjack, you may choose to perfect your axe throwing form at Forged – Axe Throwing.

Currently enjoying a revival, lumberjack sports began with indigenous Canadians and Americans centuries ago. It was also practiced by woodsmen over the decades.

A year-round activity, axe throwing is great for gloomy days on the mountains when you need to work off some excess energy.

Curious to know how indigenous Canadians lived?

Take a guided tour of the 2,880 sq m, three-storey Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, with First Nations cultural ambassadors. Participate in its musical and craft performances and demonstrations.

Here, you can learn how a traditional Squamish longhouse or Lil’wat pit house are designed, or pick up the fine art of handmade weaving.

Open daily from 9:30am to 5:00pm, general admission is CAD 18 for adults, CAD 5 for children and youths aged 6 to 18, and free for children aged 5 and under.

End your hectic day of summer travelling at the Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub and Patio‘s outdoor fire feature, and chill out to evening live music.

Open since 1997, mountain thrill-hunters have congregated here for their customary Guinness cheese burger, steak and Guinness pie, North Pacific cod and chips, and other Irish pub delights, while sharing stories of adventure with newfound friends.

On Wednesdays, CAD 12 beer and burger specials are served, featuring the Buffalo Chicken Schnitzel Burger with lettuce, tomato, pickled red onions, and dijonnaise sauce. Refuel to the sound of musicians as you watch the summer sunset on Whistler mountains.