Known for snow-filled winter adventures, summer at Fairmont Chateau Whistler is our best-kept secret. Escape to the fresh mountain air of Whistler this summer and explore its ‘cool’-est activities. Gain a new perspective on a familiar view by zipline, gondola, or suspension bridge. Dive into ‘fresh’ fun at a nearby lake or river. Savour BC’s seasonal bounty at a farmer’s market or on a culinary tour. With no shortage of incredible valleys, peaks, and local experiences, Whistler is the perfect summer destination for mountain lovers and tastemakers alike. For more inspiration, read our blog about Whistler’s ‘cool’-est summer activities.
Whistler Weather in Summer (June – August): Average Temperature: 9°C to 25°C (48°F to 77°F) Typical Weather: Warm and dry with occasional rain, great for outdoor activities
Summer Activities
Nonstop summer fun. With legendary bike parks, breathtaking hiking trails, and plenty of ways to make a splash, summer in Whistler is full of one-of-a-kind experiences and endless action.
Explore the beauty of the Cheakamus River trail as you head towards the amazing surrounds of Loggers Lake. Cross over the suspension bridge to this extinct volcano and take in nature’s winter beauty with our experienced guides.
The golf cart tour is an experience that takes you around our incredible Robert Trent Jones Jr designed golf course. Carved out of the slopes of the Coast Mountain range in British Colombia this masterpiece of golf architecture allows nature to dictate the path without the constraints of commercial influence.
Helicopter sightseeing tours are a must-do when visiting Whistler and are available year-round. Every season brings a new look to the region and you’ll even enjoy an alpine landings on select tours!
Whistler is a shopper’s paradise. Spend days browsing the shops in the Village, Function Junction and the hotel itself for fine artwork and fashion, jewelry, the latest outdoor sportswear, equipment, gifts, and luxury items.
Is there a hike you have always wanted to explore in Whistler? We can help make that dream a reality. For a truly personalized experience, work with our team to craft an excursion that is just right for you.
Get lost among the awe-inspiring giants, some of the oldest trees in Whistler, and discover a world of natural wonder. Take your time as you work your way along the path – there are climbable trees and photo ops galore. Lace up your hiking boots and let's embark on this unforgettable journey together with our Whistler Experience Guides.
Take time to stretch, recover and calm your mind in an onsite yoga class. These guided classes will leave you feeling energized and rebalanced. All levels are welcome and all equipment is provided. For best results, arrive with an empty stomach.
This summer, experience Whistler’s finest mountain golf at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club. This Audubon-certified, award-winning course includes access to one of Canada’s most scenic practice and learning facilities, as well as fully-licensed dining and pro shop.
Embark on a tranquil journey with our sunset paddle board tour, where you’ll gracefully glide across the water as the sun sets in a breathtaking display of colours.
Whistler is home to many incredible waterfalls within a short distance. If you are travelling with a car they are a great day trip activity for all ages.
The sun never sets on adventure. Fairmont Chateau Whistler takes you from sunrise to sunset with a packed calendar of exclusive summer events, festivals, and concerts.
Guests of all ages are invited to join Archie, the hotel’s beloved resident dog, for a special meet-and-greet session! Archie is a friendly and well-trained canine who loves meeting new friends. Whether you're a dog lover or missing a furry friend.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Remy Signature Side Car
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Try your hand at water sports during your Whistler vacation and join us for a morning of tranquility on beautiful Green Lake. You will have the opportunity to explore this peaceful lake and take in the pristine mountain views on a stand up paddle board. Bring your swimsuit along as there is nothing more refreshing than an early morning dip to start your day.
Show your proud Canadian spirit! At 11:00AM we’ll meet in the hotel front entrance to raise the flag on Canada’s birthday. The flag raising will be followed by our always tasty treat sharing tradition.
The Dirt Diaries puts creative power into the hands of photo and film-focused mountain bikers, tasking them to capture the essence of the experience we all share and love.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Flor De Cana 12 Mai Tai
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
This 90 minute session covers the fundamental skills needed to play a game - Learn to rally, start a point and score. Great for beginners or intermediates wanting to review the fundamentals.
Join one of Whistler Experience Guides as they take you on a bike ride to Green Lake, where you’ll have a close up look at this stunning, vivid turquoise coloured lake, just north of Whistler Village.
A local favourite, Lost lake, is just a short ride from the front door of the hotel, and is a must-see for anyone visiting Whistler. Rain or shine, Lost lake always delivers stunning scenery.
Plunging a dizzying 70 meters, Brandywine Falls is a must-do sight when visiting Whistler. The outing includes transport and a guided hike to the Brandywine lookout.
In the style of Pokemon Go, find as many virtual geese as you can in and around Whistler. Discover Canada and test your knowledge of this beautiful country by completing a series of Canadian themed family challenges and questions.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Tromba Tequilla Sunrise
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Join us for a trip to Forged Axe Throwing - Whistler’s only indoor axe throwing venue. Learn the techniques behind Axe throwing and play some fun games with our Whistler Experience Guide.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
A local favourite, Lost lake, is just a short ride from the front door of the hotel, and is a must-see for anyone visiting Whistler. Rain or shine, Lost lake always delivers stunning scenery.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
In the style of Pokemon Go, find as many virtual geese as you can in and around Whistler. Discover Canada and test your knowledge of this beautiful country by completing a series of Canadian themed family challenges and questions.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
If you’re excited about steep ups, plus winding and sometimes rocky descents, this event is the perfect fit. The course is a distance of 73k, 60k or 43k with an elevation gain of 1,770 meters. Registration is available now at xfondo.com.
In the style of Pokemon Go, find as many virtual geese as you can in and around Whistler. Discover Canada and test your knowledge of this beautiful country by completing a series of Canadian themed family challenges and questions.
Get ready for an unforgettable adventure on the trails! Run Comfy Numb is Whistler's original trail race, locally owned and running strong since 2004. Featuring two distances: 25km & 50km
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Focus on improving flexibility, strength, stability and body awareness through a series of core exercises. Perfect for preparing your core muscles for a big day on the slopes.
This session focuses on game based drills followed by match play. Each session will focus on a new theme chosen by our Pickleball professional to help players improve their skills.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Steeped in 15+ years of tradition, this is the most challenging event on the circuit. The 14 best riders in the world bring their A-game to this invitational showcase, interpreting a custom-built course and giving it their all.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Teramana Classic Margarita
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The Deep Summer Photo Challenge is a crowd favourite every year, capturing the best of mountain bike culture in the Sea to Sky Corridor, from Squamish to Pemberton.
Revel in an elevated après-ski experience at the Mallard's Patio new Alpenglow Après. Featuring ski boot stomping live music, refreshing Kettle One cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Herradura Silver Classic Margarita
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Flor De Cana 12 Mai Tai
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Teramana Classic Margarita
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening in the summertime at the Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain, enjoy an incredible, mountain top dining experience with live music.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Game. Set. Match. Join our open play session supervised by our Tennis coach. Come out with the family, pick up a paddle or racquet and play some games.
Try your hand at water sports during your Whistler vacation and join us for a morning of tranquility on beautiful Green Lake. You will have the opportunity to explore this peaceful lake and take in the pristine mountain views on a stand up paddle board. Bring your swimsuit along as there is nothing more refreshing than an early morning dip to start your day.
Enjoy your morning coffee or orange juice while taking a fascinating peek into the life of Whistler and Squamish black bears, grizzly bears, and mountain lions with host Michael Allen, renowned local Wildlife Researcher.
For big and small kids alike! Prepare and warm up for an active day of celebrating Canada’s
birthday. Featuring face painting, glitter tattooing, crafts and more.
Game. Set. Match. Join our open play session supervised by our Pickleball coach. Come out with the family, pick up a paddle or racquet and play some games.
The Dirt Diaries puts creative power into the hands of photo and film-focused mountain bikers, tasking them to capture the essence of the experience we all share and love.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Want to explore all Whistler's lakes in one day? This tour is for you. Join our Whistler Experience Guide as they take you on a tour of Whistler's lakes via our shuttle bus. Remember to pack your camera as there will be plenty of opportunities to take postcard worthy shots!
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Remy Signature Side Car
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
For big and small kids alike! Prepare and warm up for an active day of celebrating Canada’s birthday. Featuring face painting, glitter tattooing, crafts and more. *Weather permitting
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Herradura Silver Classic Margarita
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Flor De Cana 12 Mai Tai
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Join one of our Whistler Experience Guides as they take you through the Winter Wonderland of the North Village, Village Centre and back to the Upper Village.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Herradura Silver Classic Margarita
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The largest Gran Fondo in North America, RBC GranFondo Whistler is inclusive, open to everyone, and now offers the classic 122 km Gran Fondo, 152 km Forte and 55 km Medio categories.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Tromba Tequilla Sunrise
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The season-defining conclusion of the Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship and the Triple Crown of Slopestyle, Joyride brings together over 35,000 fans on the ground, and millions more around the world.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
The Mallard Fairmont Friday: Remy Signature Side Car
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
This fun family friendly Pickleball clinic, run by qualified Whistler Racquet Club instructors, is a great way to learn some new skills and play some fun games.
Kick off your weekend right at the Mallard's famous Fairmont Fridays. Featuring boot stomping live music, refreshing cocktails and delectable shared plates.
Over the course of the challenge, five photographers – plus one wildcard – will shoot for their lives during the first Crankworx weekend, putting together an epic slideshow set to music.
The Rockshox Canadian Open DH course is a one-run takedown of Whistler's famous terrain, on a trail sporting rooty singletrack, steep rock drops and big air features.
Looking to get in some competitive Round Robin games with tiered matchups organized by level of play, this is the place for you. Suitable for players level 3.0+
Join us on a sightseeing adventure of the stunning Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Let the gondolas transport you up to 6000 Feet, where the journey across the incredible Peak to Peak begins.
Join one of our Whistler Experience Guides for a relaxing bike ride along Whistler’s Valley Trail. Bike along beautiful creeks and across forest beds on this intertwined trail.
Capture the true essence of Whistler. Get an unforgettable backstage pass to the area’s best hiking, biking, watersports, and more with our exclusive Whistler Experience Guides.
Make more memories for less. Start planning your ultimate summer getaway to Whistler with special savings on everything from midweek getaways to golf packages at Fairmont Chateau Whistler.
As the weather warms and the seasons change, it’s the perfect time to plan your summer Whistler adventures with up to 20% off your stay. This spring chart your course for a getaway that gives you a spring in your step - your summer adventure awaits.
Elevate your stay at Fairmont Chateau Whistler with the exceptional service of Fairmont Gold. Enjoy exclusive access to a private reception, the sophisticated Fairmont Gold Lounge, complimentary culinary offerings and priority reservations for dining, tee times, and hotel car service. Plus, receive a $100 food and beverage credit for every three days of your stay.
Find your west coast inspiration. Get the inside scoop on Whistler’s best warm-weather activities, summer adventures, seasonal culinary experiences, and more with our Slopeside Stories Blog.
The dog days of summer. Whistler’s wide-open spaces and mountain adventures are truly a pooches’ paradise, and we’ve got everything you need to plan your pet-friendly trip to Whistler.
One-stop Whistler vacation planning. From patio recommendations and transportation tips to tee-time bookings and cabana rentals, Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s concierge team is at your service.
Fall in love with Whistler. Crisp alpine air, stunning foliage, and magical late-season snowfalls set against mountains make Fairmont Chateau Whistler the perfect destination for autumn adventure.
From play to après. A variable winter wonderland, Fairmont Chateau
Whistler delivers Olympic-level ski terrain, alpine adventure, and unmatched luxury from the iconic base of Whistler Blackcomb.
Experience it all this spring. Snowy evenings, warm sun, and plenty of bluebird days for skiing give Fairmont Chateau Whistler an enviable advantage for dreamy spring break getaways.
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As the weather warms and the seasons change, it’s the perfect time to plan your summer Whistler adventures. This spring chart your course for a getaway that gives you a spring in your step – your summer adventure awaits.
