Whistler in January

A snowHead

Please could I ask Whistler fans for some advice.

Our previous visits have always been in mid February but this winter we are looking at mid January instead.

We have been I think pretty lucky with the weather previously (we have been 3 times over the last 10 years) but would appreciate a heads up
from anyone who has visited in January with some idea of the weather and conditions that they experienced.

I know that its location and low altitude make any predictions guesswork at best but any advice would be great.

Thanks.

A snowHead

I suspect you can google it. I've been there early January for about the last 30 seasons. Mostly conditions are good deep winter. Once or twice we've had "cold smoke"; usually there's lots of snow; once or twice there's been not a lot off piste (Olympic year was thin, from memory). There's always precipitation, the issue is... where is the freezing level. If it's above the top then that's not good. Usually it's significantly lower and perfectly fine.

If I could predict the weather I'd be rich.

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Every year is different, just look at the snow fall stats they post on the website.
We went once over new-year, having always gone at Easter before & since and we were amazed at the different base cover. Plenty to ski on but just so many bushes and small trees poking up in places we had never seen any before.

We also had trouble with them not opening above the Alpine for most of the trip due to avalanche risk.

As above who knows, but there will be snow. Shorter days too though.

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We had mainly good conditions in early Jan 2014. Almost all runs were open, with most in good condition and some powder at the highest level in resort. There were a couple of days where it rained at the very lowest level, with sleet at mid-altitudes and snow above. And the heli-skiing was awesome. snowHead

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Whistler in January

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