Whistler Sport Legacies

Plenty of couples get married in Whistler.

Far fewer can say they got married at an Olympic venue.

Whistler Sport Legacies gives couples two extraordinary possibilities, each surrounded by the mountains that made this part of British Columbia famous around the world.

The first is Whistler Sliding Centre.

High above Whistler Village, the venue climbs the mountain beside the Olympic bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track.

At the very top sits the Top Start House.

And the view is enormous.

Mountains and valley stretch away from the ceremony, creating the kind of backdrop that would normally require a helicopter and considerably more complicated footwear to reach.

Instead, guests get to gather there.

The second possibility feels entirely different.

Whistler Olympic Park sits south of the Village in the wild Callaghan Valley, surrounded by mountain landscape and forest.

Indoor and outdoor ceremony possibilities allow couples to build the day around the season, while the fully accessible Day Lodge gives everyone somewhere to gather for the celebration.

Both venues can work for weddings ranging from tiny gatherings to much larger family celebrations.

And both carry a little piece of Olympic history.

That gives the wedding an atmosphere nobody needs to manufacture.

These are places built around moments people spend years preparing for.

Around nerves.

Anticipation.

Standing at the beginning of something and knowing there is no going backwards once you start.

Which, when you think about it, makes them rather perfect places to get married.

The guests arrive.

The mountains surround them.

Two people stand at the start.

And this time, nobody needs a stopwatch.