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update with Callaghan Country's discounted backcountry access trail pass.
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combine WOP and CC for 2012-2013 since they will share a common entrance
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Take the new Callaghan Valley Road towards [[Whistler Olympic Park]].  Turn left at a 180 degree hairpin turn.  This is the entrance to the Callaghan Country Parking Lot.  If you reach the Whistler Olympic Park ticket booth on the main road you've gone too far.  Overnight parking is permitted in this lot.  Backcountry travellers can purchase a discounted ticket ($8) to use the Mainline XC trail (Callaghan Lake FSR).
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Revision as of 15:54, 13 September 2012

Access is from Whistler Olympic Park, the cross-country skiing, biathlon and ski jumping facility in the Callaghan Valley. Whistler Olympic Park is at the far end of Callaghan Valley Road, which leaves highway 99 north of Brandywine Falls, about 20km south of Whistler. The backcountry access trails begin from the Biathlon Range Parking Lot, which is about 1km past the main Day Lodge on Callaghan Valley Road. Overnight parking is only permitted at the Alexander Falls Recreation Site parking lot outside the main gate. Parking here adds an extra 1.5km of skiing along groomed trails. Whistler Olympic Park normally closes in mid April, and the road is gated just after Alexander Falls. After the Olympic Park is closed, park at Alexander Falls and use the unmaintained cross-country trails to reach the backcountry access trailheads.