heard from a friend this works on whistler mtn that the park will not be returning to whistler mtn due to the fact that there were so many snowboarder vs. ski schooler related injuries last season late in the year. Emerald is the best skiing for instructing on Whistler mtn (or at least ski schools favorite) and when they put the park on the same chair, there was a massive increase in the volume of injuries resulting from collisions. Sad, but can't argue w those facts.
Apparently 6 sets of broken toddler legs in a week late last year according to him and other 30 injuries in a month around. Few guys over 60-70 y.o. got taken out by people (mostly boarders, he said) near and after the park exit / in-between sections and there were some big lawsuits (prob still pending). Whistler ski school has a lot of pull with the two mountains politically as they're the biggest of the ski schools in BC. Idk, sounded like it was a pretty big deal.
Despite the snowfall offering a range of other arguments to be considered for why there is no park there, even the rail section at the top (which could be there despite the snowpack) this is what I've heard on good authority. As a result, it sounds like they're trying to keep park skiing and snowboarding strictly on backcomb because the catskinner chair is there solely for facilitating the parks. Personally, this makes me sad, whistlers park was great!!
