Whistler bike park can be dusty for late July, early August and early September. The valley XC stuff doesn’t suffer like the bike park though.
Pemberton is Uber dusty, squamish not too bad, ever.
We’ve had record snowfall in Squamish and Vancouver this year and consequently the trails are only just opening up. Normally in Squamish you can expect not to ride in Jan and Feb, but good to go year round aside from that.
Whistler is an entity that will never be equalled or rivalled. In fact, Whistler bike park management are so convinced of that, they established a consultancy company to help resorts develop summer operations. Whilst resorts could become as good as whistler in 10 years time through constant development (assuming viable business case and funding) but in that 10 years, Whistler will have developed so much further that they still wont be comparable destinations.
Gravity Logic – the consultancy company formed [by Whistler Blackcomb] with a view to creating wide spread access to quality facilities bearing in mind that Whistler will always be the premier resort destination and they figure exposing people to resort riding in other locations will ultimately draw them to Whistler.
I’d love to see a lift assited riding facility in the UK along with an enormous trail network, but until a UK bike specific trail center that allows you access to 1,200m vert and 100+kms of lift serviced world class DH trails and 250+ kms of XC trails and a local bike club who’s membership is 10% of the local population exists, then I don’t feel there a fair case for comparison.
The bike park is currently 10 years in development and the local bike club has been sporting the development and maintenance of XC trails for 20 years.
Tourism Resource Consultants have been appointed and have begun work on the detailed
feasibility study for the development of a purpose built downhill mountain bike park,
including the option of a chairlift, at Innerleithen in the Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders
FD. The team of consultants include Gravity Logic from Whistler in Canada.
Forestry Commission website..
and Innerleithen site
I hope it works out UK riders