Expert-Only
Summit x Whistler
🤟 EXPERTS ONLY WHISTLER — let the games begin baby
Photo: John Summit's Facebook
Summit Sends It
Expert-only ski run. Dodge trees, collect 🤟, survive THE DROP. How much vertical can you send?
Why Whistler Is John Summit as a Mountain
Whistler Blackcomb is 8,171 acres of skiable terrain with over 200 marked runs, 16 alpine bowls, 3 glaciers, and the longest vertical descent in North America. It hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. It's the biggest ski resort on the continent.
Most people go to Whistler and ski the groomers. John Summit posts “EXPERTS ONLY” and throws the horns. Because of course he does. The man has one gear and it's full send.
Here are the runs he'd send — and probably did.
8,171
Skiable acres
5,280 ft
Max vertical
200+
Marked runs
0
Bunny slopes for Summit
The Expert-Only Run Guide
Peak to Creek
Expert5,280 ft verticalThe longest run on the mountain. Over a mile of vertical. You start at the peak and don't stop until the village. Summit would blast a set from the gondola on the way up and time the drop to the first turn.
Summit Rating: “Would send it at sunset”
Couloir Extreme
Expert Only1,200 ft vertical45-degree chutes with mandatory air. The kind of terrain where hesitation is the most dangerous thing you can do. You commit or you don't drop in. Very John Summit energy — there is no halfway.
Summit Rating: “EXPERTS ONLY (meant literally here)”
Spanky's Ladder
Expert Only2,000 ft vertical20-minute boot-pack hike up a ridge to access wide-open alpine bowls. No lift access. You earn every turn. The DJ equivalent of building your own festival instead of playing someone else's.
Summit Rating: “The hike IS the set”
The Cirque
Double Black1,800 ft verticalOpen bowl above the treeline with 360-degree views of the Coast Mountains. The kind of place where you stop, look at the horizon, and realize you're exactly where you're supposed to be. Where You Are — but on skis.
Summit Rating: “Album cover terrain”
7th Heaven
Expert2,400 ft verticalIconic Blackcomb zone. Wide open, fast, and the views are festival-grade. If Whistler had a headlining slot, 7th Heaven is the main stage. The terrain equivalent of playing to 50,000 people.
Summit Rating: “Main stage of the mountain”
Ruby Bowl
Expert1,500 ft verticalNorth-facing bowl that holds powder for days after a storm. Steep entries, wide-open middle, and a runout through old-growth forest. The kind of skiing where the mountain does half the work and you just stay present.
Summit Rating: “Post-storm perfection”
Glacier Creek
Double Black1,000 ft verticalSteep, tight, and technical. The trees are close and the consequences are real. This is where experts test themselves when the bowls are tracked out.
Summit Rating: “After-hours raving in tree form”
7 Things Glen Would Do If He Were Summit in Whistler
Unsolicited. Unrequested. Probably impossible. Definitely fun.
Sunrise Peak Set
First gondola up. Speakers and a generator pre-positioned by crew at 5 AM. Play a sunrise set at 7,160 feet. Audience skis down as the sun hits the valley. One take. No second chances. Pure Summit.
Expert-Only Ice Bar
Build an ice bar at 6,000 feet accessible only by skiing an expert run to get there. No gondola access. No hiking path. You earn your drink by sending something steep. The bouncer is the mountain itself.
Whistler Edit x 'Where You Are'
Full GoPro ski edit — powder turns, cliff drops, tree runs — timed to the build and drop of 'Where You Are.' The drop hits when Summit sends a cliff. The internet would not survive this video.
Gondola DJ Set
Full DJ setup inside the Peak 2 Peak gondola. The highest and longest unsupported cable car span in the world. Play a 12-minute set while floating between two mountains at 1,427 feet above the valley floor.
Deep End Pizza — Whistler Village
Chicago-style deep dish spot in Whistler Village called 'Deep End Pizza.' The menu is all Summit puns. 'The Accounting Major' has extra cheese because he's made of money now. 'The Expert Only' is too spicy for most people.
Rossignol x Off The Grid Collab Skis
Limited-edition skis with the Off The Grid logo. Matte black base, gold binding accents. Sold exclusively at the festival and at Whistler. Each pair comes with a lift ticket QR code that plays a Summit track when scanned.
Backcountry Rave
Helicopter drop 15 people into an untouched bowl. Portable speakers. One run. One song. Film it with drones. The most exclusive show on Earth — capacity 15, venue is a mountain, admission requires expert skiing ability.