Originally Posted by
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+1 on that...and not just in Whistler/Van. A growing trend in BC more resorts open over the summer for lift-accessed gravity riding and these places (and other places) have great big mountain riding as well. BC Tourism is really helping with the push. Wish we could do the same thing here in Alberta but most of the ideal resorts are in a national park.
Sorry, yes, by here I meant BC. In general every ski resort is, or is thinking, of using the whistler template to build a revenue stream in the summer. Its booming in every corner from dh to fr to xc to roadies. They modify the template accordingly and then rock out.
Isn't Whistler the new Center of the MTB Universe?
Obviously a matter of opinion, but yes I believe it is. Its was more or less inevitable. With the way our insurance works, the legal system and how personal responsibility is viewed, resorts have more leeway to make full fledged resorts without the fear of being ***** by dumbasses who can't stay upright on a bike.
That and almost everyone is an "athlete" per se.