**PAST EVENT** (BC) Whistler Community Day Hike – August 2024

Event Details

We acknowledge that this event is taking place on the territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nation. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on this land.

Due to limited spots, we ask our allies to please let BIPOC folks register for this event first. Thank you!

Take advantage of Whistler’s gondola access to experience incredible alpine views. Alpine hikes can offer incredible views of old growth forests, glaciers, and beautiful meadows. This CTT event offers the opportunity to enjoy this classic BC scenery with a great group of community members.

This hike will be taking place on Blackcomb Mountain and we’ll be hiking the network of trails on the Blackcomb Alpine Trails. We’ll plan on hiking a section of Overlord Trail, which is an intermediate trail at around 4km in length (one way) and 120m in elevation gain, before cutting into Lakeside Loop, which is 2.2km and 40 minutes. You can expect the total hike to take around 3 hours. There will also be the option to decide as a group how much more we want to explore other areas. 

If you need a visual guide to the trails around Blackcomb mountain, take a look at the alpine hiking trail map.

A Whistler gondola ticket normally costs $99+tax but, in partnership with Whistler Blackcomb, we’ll be offering this event for $30.

Participants will need to bring:

• Comfortable hiking shoes
• Water (we also highly recommend to have electrolytes)
• Lunch and snacks

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Logistics:

Date: August 24, 2024

Event Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm

Location: Whistler Village, BC 

Requirements: 18+

Event Transportation

Please note that participants are responsible for getting to our events independently. We are highly encouraging carpooling. Among other benefits, we know that parking lot get very busy and it is hard to find a spot. So less cars means a greater chance for meeting on time. We will be sharing a carpool sign up list prior to the event. You can also organise carpooling through our Colour the Trails British Columbia | Facebook group.  If you are carpooling with someone, please make sure to chip in for gas/parking cost.

Event registration closes on August 19, 2024.

Please add [email protected] to your safe sender list. We will be contacting you with further information about the event and if the email ends up in your spam folder you may miss important information. If a waitlist spot opens up there will be a deadline to accept that you won’t want to miss. Thank you!

Policy and Community Guidelines 

Inclusion:

At Colour the Trails, we are dedicated to fostering an environment that champions inclusivity, respect, and equality. We want to make it clear that we will not tolerate any form of anti-Blackness, anti-Indigenous attitudes, racism, homophobia, ableism or transphobia within our organization or community. 

Photo & Video Release Consent: 

By purchasing a ticket you grant permission for Colour the Trails and sponsors to use any of the photos or videos from this event that have been taken by Colour the Trails videographers and photographers. They will be used for the purpose of sharing experiences with the community and encouraging future participation in events, which can include but is not limited to, print or digital versions, social media and websites without compensation or recognition given. Colour the Trails will not use the photographs in a manner that would exploit or cause malicious representation toward you. Please contact [email protected] BEFORE the event if you do not want to be photographed or on video during an event.

Cancellation Policy: 

There will be no full or partial refunds once the participation in the program is confirmed. Most of our work is done during planning and preparation stages. If a mentee needs to withdraw from the mentoring program early, there will be no fee adjustments. This includes in the case of injury as we still need to pay the instructor and cover the cost of operating the program, without a replacement participant. 

Full list of policies here.