Shopping
The shopping at
Whistler Blackcomb is absolutely fantastic. This is definitely the place to max out the credit card with awesome opportunities to shop at boutiques, ski and snowboard stores, speciality stores and souvenir shops galore. There are over 200 sensational shops at Whistler which is more than enough to keep a shop-aholic very happy.
Whistler Ski and Snowboard Shops
Many shops sell ski and snowboard equipment and clothing, but they’re all small to medium size shops. In order to find enough variety of brands, items, colours or size, you may need to shop around multiple retailers to find what you’re looking for. However Whistler has lots of ski, snowboard and outdoor gear shops, so you’ll have fun looking!
In regards to ski and board clothing, there’s plenty of variety for the grungy products, or functional brands such as North Face or Columbia. However if you’re looking for upmarket brands such as Descente or Spyder, there are surprisingly few shops who distribute these brands – try Can-ski or Whistler Village Sports, although their range is fairly limited. If you’re looking for really exclusive gear, then your options are very limited, short of the fur shop at the Blackcomb base.
Souvenir and General Shopping
It seems that when you visit Whistler Blackcomb that it’s compulsory to buy a souvenir or piece of clothing with Whistler emblazoned over it. See if you can resist buying a Whistler souvenir. Bet you can’t! There are countless shops selling souvenirs with everything you could imagine. Whistler must be so thankful for the Olympics so that the souvenir shops can sell even more souvenirs. There’s significant variety in the quality and price of the souvenirs, so there’s something for every budget.
In the Whistler villages there are also other speciality shops including shoe shops for some new snow boots, boutiques, galleries, bath goods and there is even a chocolate shop.
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Whistler Sweater Shop
Fine knit sweaters from quality manufactures including Dale of Norway, Icelandic, Cowichan, Pampacorral, Cecile Benac and Neve plus scarves, mitts, hats & more...
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Art Junction | Gallery & Frame Studio
Owner Harvey Lim invites you to visit the gallery to see the art & inspiration of more than 30 talented B.C. artists. To complement the Gallery, Art Junction features an on-site custom framing studio.
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Grocery Shopping
The IGA supermarket in the Market Place is huge and offers a vast range of groceries. There’s another grocery store in the Whistler Village. They also deliver if you have “attacks of the lazies”. At Creekside there’s Food Plus. There is no shortage of options for liquor purchases, and there are various pharmacies (or drugstores) to stock up on the all important Nurofen (Ibuprofen).