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SKI Magazine recently named Whistler Blackcomb the No. 1 overall ski resort in North America. In fact, it's raked in countless awards: best terrain, best service, best family vacation and the list goes on. You really have to experience it to believe it. And digging your skis or board into that precious Vancouver powder just once isn't enough—you have to do it over and over and over again and you can because this place has the most skiable acres on the entire continent.
Whistler definitely has something for everyone, even the "I'd rather just hang out in the hot tub" crowd. For the skiers and boarders, though, there are big, groomed cruising runs, alpine powder bowls, terrain parks and one massive superpipe to jump and spin to your heart's content. Halfway down the mountain fill up on Crystal Hut's famed Belgian waffles. They serve them all day with fixings (berries, whipped cream and chocolate) or just naked.
And if the resort's 8,000 skiable acres isn't enough then heli-skiing operators can open up miles of Whistler's backcountry terrain.
Stay overnight at one of the high-end hotels in the village or in the Hi-Whistler hostel on the shores of Alta Lake. Wake up in the morning with a Miss Piggy—a no-nonsense ski breakfast at the Southside Diner. Then do it all over again.
It's safe to say when you take a healthcare job in British Columbia you'll be hard-pressed to leave Whistler Blackcomb.