{"id":364867,"date":"2021-11-09T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T15:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/welcoming-the-vaccinated-world-back-to-whistler\/"},"modified":"2021-11-09T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T15:19:27","slug":"welcoming-the-vaccinated-world-back-to-whistler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/welcoming-the-vaccinated-world-back-to-whistler\/","title":{"rendered":"#Welcoming the (vaccinated) world back to Whistler"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Welcoming the (vaccinated) world back to Whistler<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n After a long wait during the pandemic, the largest destination ski resort in North America is preparing to welcome vaccinated skiers back to the slopes\n <\/div>\n
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September 20, 2021 \u2013 Whistler, British Columbia \u2013 Crews work on maintaining snow grooming machinery. (Photograph by Jimmy Jeong)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Last year\u2019s ski season at Whistler Blackcomb, the largest destination ski resort in North America, was cut short by the pandemic and an alarming number of local COVID-19 cases fuelled by spring break travel<\/a> and resort town partying. Travel restrictions further curtailed any visions skiers might have had of powder-coated peaks and gleaming, exhilarating runs.<\/p>\n

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Preparing to welcome the (vaccinated) world back to the slopes for the upcoming season is no small feat. Before the first flake of snow even falls, the resort\u2019s fleet of 39 snowcats must be stripped, serviced and readied to meet it. Each night of the season, as skiers dream of fresh tracks, the snowcats will smooth the previous day\u2019s grooves and furrows into a uniform corduroy pattern. Like Santa\u2019s elves, their efforts are invisible, gift-wrapp<\/a>ing the mountain in smooth, white snow destined to be eagerly shredded in the morning. For those eager to return to big mountain skiing, these simple pleasures\u2014cutting tracks into a pristine piste, a spray of fluffy powder\u2014aren\u2019t likely to be taken for granted again.<\/p>\n

Whistler Blackcomb\u2019s ski season this year will go from Nov. 25 to May 2022. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n

This article appears in print in the November 2021 issue of<\/em>\u00a0Maclean\u2019s\u00a0magazine with the headline, \u201cWelcoming the (vaccinated) world back to Whistler.\u201d Subscribe to the monthly print magazine\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em>
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