Harmony bowl is one of the most exciting area of Whistler, with one lift giving access to a range of terrain from intermediate to expert. While not recommended for beginners or nervous intermediates due to the exposure of alpine lifts and terrain. Harmony bowl offers fun, undulating blue groomers, with a range of freeride terrain. For an adventure, you can explore harmony ridge all the way to the chair, or experienced skiiers can tackle to bumps and trees of the Gun Barrels, or the range of “horseshoes” that offer double black excitement that changes through the season. Harmony bowl is a locals favourite on a powder day.

Starting in the alpine with wide expanses of mellow groomers and off-piste freeride terrain, before hitting the treeline for some fun runs with plenty of sidehits. Look out for the gladed tree runs that offer the run experience with a reduced risk of tree-wells. This is a great area for kids to explore as it’s full of greens and blues, with a big adventure getting there. Be careful about your timings though as it is far around the mountain and takes a while to get back to the main lifts. Adventurers and ski tourers are well catered for with Flute bowl a 20 minutes hike from Symphony, and is on of the main access points to the backcountry areas around Whistler Blackcomb (Avalanche safety equipment and training necessary for backcountry access).

Emerald is a staple of a visit to Whistler, being the most consistent area to open first on the powder days and stay open longest in spring. The Emerald chair gives access to plenty of greens and blues, and is one of the main hubs for moving around the mountain. Because of this it can be one of the busier lifts on the mountain, but tends to be quieter in the afternoons.
 

The learner area at Whistler Blackcomb is impressive by ski school standards. With a large layout and a range of surface lifts that gradually increase pitch and length of the slope until you are ready for first chair accessed green runs in the same location. Kids are well catered for with a kids only zone for ski school before progressing to the family zone later. At certain times of the year they also reshape areas of the slopes to focus on ‘terrain-based teaching’ giving clients a chance to experience pressure changes and terrain challenges in a friendly environment.
 

Catskinner lift allows access to the easiest greens and blue on Blackcomb, whilst also being the main lift for the terrain park. There are also some very fun steep groomers that can be lapped a few times to get comfortable on and tend to be quieter than other areas of the mountain. Be careful to avoid catskinner bumps unless you are of that particular persuasion as it is a long bumps run!
 

Full of great blue runs, this area remains great through the season. Often quieter than the top of the mountain, this can be used to your advantage on powder days! Just be careful in this areas at the end of the day as everybody makes there way down for apres.

One of the locals favourite areas. It’s a great mix of blue runs, with access to some of the harder tree runs available on Blackcomb. Stick to the signed runs if exploring as you can get yourself stuck if you too far out.

Glacier area is another iconic Whistler Blackcmb experience. With some blue groomers down, it’s the freeride terrain that really shines, featuring a range of drops and valleys. For most, it’s access to the Blackcomb glacier, a short hike from the top of the chair. An incredible experience with views of the surrounding provincial parks the bowl itself can either be a gloriously wide soft-snow dream, or a long and mellow bumps runs depending on when you are doing it. At certain times of the year this is access to the ice cave and is also access to the sidecountry and backcountry of Blackcomb. 

For the most adventurous Spankey’s Ladder offers a range of predominantly double black terrain. Just be sure to study the maps, or go with somebody that knows the area as you can quickly end up in an area of exposure. This area is for experienced free-riders only.