WORCA - Whistler Off Road Cycling Association, Whistler, BC (2026)

09/26/2026

And just like that.. Summer 2026 comes to a close. Don’t miss the last Toonie of the season! Due to the earlier sunset and the AGM that will follow the Toonie apres, please be aware that the ride will start at 5:30pm.

Make sure to register for both the apres and the AGM if you intend on attending both.

Thursday, October 1, 2026: Ride starts @ 5:30pm.
Apres hosted by
Prizing by
Course by
.. and shooting surprise from

Course: Lost Lake
Toonie First Aid: 236-967-5083

worca.com/events-calendar/toonie-ride-agm-oct-1-2026

09/25/2026

What a day. We are so thrilled to say that the second annual Hillman was a huge success.

The day wouldn’t have been possible without our dedicated racers, enthusiastic volunteers and supportive sponsors. Events like this take a lot of people behind the scenes, and we’re so lucky to have such a great community showing up to make them happen!

As their second year as Presenting Sponsor, helped make the Hillman possible with their generous cash contribution and a door prize of a two-night stay in their executive suite. kept everyone refreshed with two drinks for everyone, while also contributing a generous cash donation. provided prizing, & hosted us for apres, and provided the podium prizes, an enduro bib giveaway and race tape.

A big thank you to for keeping our volunteers fed, .beer for providing their refreshing non-alcoholic brews, for keeping the bikes maintained with their on-site mechanic station, for the prizing, and Peak Vending for their generous cash contribution.

Huge ups to , , , and RBC for sending our riders and vollies home with rad prizing!

And once again, a special thanks to our Special Events Director, Rachel Chambers (the 🐐), and everyone who helped make the day happen.

📸: :therealliamwallace.com & ericpoulinphoto.com

09/22/2026

⚒️ TRAIL CREW UPDATE ⚒️

Extra Curricular
We held our first Volunteer Trail Day of the fall this week and we were joined by a huge number of kids who’d been stuck behind a desk all week. They had energy to burn (perhaps thanks to Ben’s candy dispensing) and tools hit the ground in a frenzy! The steep hillside made benching more difficult than usual but the team of volunteers managed to get to the mineral soil and support the tread with ample rocks. Thanks go out to for sponsoring the dig! After delicious BBQ’d smokies, the trail crew went back up to tackle some cruxes. We brought back-up too: “Big Rock Rob” was back to dig for another week! Michal, Reilly and Jacob started building an ambitious rock supported berm while Rob and I persuaded the trail through a bedrock spine. WORCA members can join us for the next Marmot Mayhem dig day: On October 4th! Sign up using link in bio! Later in the week, we welcomed some delegates from the corporate conference to dig in the Nester’s zone. After hours of “conferencing”, they were like students at recess, eager to play. The project I selected for them was on the Myrtle Philip Feeder. Bridges there are aging (as wood eventually does) and Western Red Cedar in the area is scarce. So, we’ve opted for the longer lasting solution: Move the trail to higher ground. The wet nature of the area made for some advanced digging. There were bits of “gold” but it was mostly organic matter as we worked close to the high water line. We removed the worst segments of the bridge and the trail crew will be returning to that site before the snow flies to complete this segment.

Enduro Week!
This week, we also made some last minute repairs to Flashback 2 and Rock Rabbit before the Witsend/Hillman enduros. A bridge off-ramp was fully rebuilt. With plenty of huge rocks to spare. Rob couldn’t let them sit unused, so we built up a nearby berm as well. We improved some drains, cleared ditches and culverts on top of limbing and pulling Cottonwoods and Alder that were encroaching on the trail line. Congrats to all the racers!

See you on the trails!
Dan Raymond
WORCA Lead Trail Builder

worca.com/news/september18/26

09/22/2026

The 4th annual Witsend was a massive success! 💖

This race wouldn’t have been possible without the amazing racers who took part, the incredible volunteers who gave their time, and the many local businesses who donated prizes, food, drinks and cash to help make the day happen.

Our racers showed just how fast you can take it on Chipmunk Rebellion, Pura Vida, Rock Rabbit, About Time, AM/PM and Flashback 2-5. The weather also helped make it a pretty perfect Saturday, ringing in the last Saturday of summer. Crazy just how time flies, eh?

The day started with cookies and coffee from .ca, while kept our volunteers well fed and hydrated with delicious lunches and refreshments. kept bikes in top shape with their on-site mechanic station, and gave racers an extra caffeine kick.

A huge thank you to , , evo, Forecast Coffee, , , , .ca and for helping fill our prize table with some fab prizes for our racers and volunteers.

Scandinave Spa, RBC, and Coast Optics also made generous cash contributions that helped make this event possible. And a big shoutout to RBC and for putting together the apres, where we enjoyed some very well-deserved beers and ciders from Whistler Brewing and alcohol-free beers from .beer.

Congrats to our 5 women who raced all three Sea to Sky women’s enduros ( & / ) and the 2 that took home the name Queen of the Corridor: Katie Fleck & Brooke Bourgaize.

Thank you to everyone who cheered us on from near and far, and a very special thanks to our Special Events Director, Rachel Chambers. 🤍

📸:

worca.com/the-witsend

09/12/2026

Whether you’re a seasoned WORCA volunteer or joining us for the first time, we’d love to have you join us for an exciting day at The Witsend & The Hillman!

And yes, we’ll take care of you too:

• Coffee, lunch & snacks throughout the day
• Dinner and a 2 bevies at apres
• Whistler Bike Park day pass
• Volunteer prize pool (everyone goes home with something!)

Come lend a hand, spend the day with the community, and help make race day happen.

We couldn’t do it without you!

https://forms.gle/9haD7wCg6dU5hqYR7

09/06/2026

Trail Day coming your way!
Sunday, September 13 @ 9am, sponsored by
Location: Marmot Mayhem - meet at the bottom of the Flank in Function, behind Forecast Coffee

We’ll start with a pre-job briefing and safety meeting, so please be on time!

Important Info:
• Registration is required in advance
• You must be a WORCA member to sign up.
• Registration deadline: No deadline but registration is capped at 30 people and often fills up fast. Add yourself to the waitlist if sign-up is full because there are often last-minute cancellations.

https://app.amilia.com/store/en/whistler-off-road-cycling-association/api/Activity/Detail?activityId=kLGNqoa

09/06/2026

⚒️ TRAIL CREW UPDATE ⚒️

WISH society trail day
Trails director Ben and I were joined by members of the World Indigenous Sports & Health Society for a Sunday morning dig session. The WISH society launched their mountain biking program in August and they were keen to have participants dive straight into trail culture. This was our first event together so we went after some low hanging fruit: Watermelon Seeds. We smoothed out the bottom section and enhanced tread support where riders were drifting “into the weeds”. Alex and Schuyler had experience digging on Vancouver’s north shore and they loved moving Cheakamus gold! Next time, we’ll take them to the Marmot (Mayhem)! Speaking of Marmots, not only was it recently Fat Marmot week, but we’re starting up our fall volunteer digging events on September 13th at… you guessed it: Marmot Mayhem! WORCA members can sign below for the Coast Mountain Trail Running sponsored event. We meet at 9AM behind Forecast Coffee in Function Junction.

School of Rock
The crew joined the stone master (Ken Melamed) to repair and enhance the Beaver Pass Slab catch berm. It is now super sized and the steppy move on the left also got the rock “spa” treatment (smoother transition). Ken’s a great teacher, watching him place rocks is impressive, but he’s also filled with stories of trail masonry from all over the valley. Bod’a is still in disbelief as to the origin of the main anchor stone of that Beaver Pass slab berm… Surely Ken must use some sort of anti-gravity device when no one is watching!

Duncan’s
Business Time is high on my playlist and it’s a great test piece for all around riding. It’s been showcased in classic events since the 4 kings (2011). This week’s Toonie course gives the trail crew an excuse to spend some more time in Duncan’s zone. This summer’s drought conditions have dusted away a lot of the tacky dirt on the crux climb. Some new “steps” have formed so Tall Michal and Jacob improved the rockwork to ramp riders up smoothly. We also patched up a few holes on our way down to the bottom and brushed back the bushes.

Blue Squirrel
The clouds were generous over the last week, helping us pack down the tread. We hammered on through the last metres, navigating another bedrock ridge and more monster boulders to connect the blue bypass just before the long weekend. Serendipitously, I was revisited by the great grandchild of the namesake Squirrel as I posted the sign. Look up, and say “hi!” when you ride by.

See you on the trail!
Dan Raymond
WORCA Lead Trail Builder

worca.com/events-calendar/trailnight2026sept-14

09/04/2026

Heyyy bud! Are you ready for a big ride with an even bigger apres? This is our second last Toonie of the season and you’re not going to want to miss it…

Thursday, September 10, 2026: Ride starts @ 6pm.
Apres hosted by
Prizing by
Course by Council

Course: Hey Bud > Roam in the Loam > Rabbit Tracks
Toonie First Aid: 236-967-5083
🔗: worca.com/events-calendar/toonie-ride-sept-10-2026

09/01/2026

The Witsend & The Hillman are fast approaching and we have some spots still available!

Not sure if five stages are for you? No problem! We also offer a short course option featuring blue-rated trails, making it easy to choose the race that’s right for you.

All stages have been pre-released, so there are no blind stages. Riders can pre-ride the entire course ahead of race day and come prepared to hit the trails with confidence.

Check out these pages for more details, registration & links to the routes:
worca.com/the-witsend
worca.com/the-hillman

08/30/2026

⚒️ TRAIL CREW UPDATE ⚒️

Shocking!
Last Saturday, I was awoken by thunder and stayed up, distracted by the wild lightning show. Seeing strikes all over Sproatt (Squirrels/Marmot zone) and near Loggers lake had me tossing and turning, wondering what the morning would bring. The heavy rain helped avoid any nearby wildfire starts so set off on our Sunday commute up the Flank in the tail end of the storm. The downpour left the flank looking like a creekbed. Water blasted away a lot of the fine soil material. Leaving behind loose soft ball sized rocks and woody debris piles that made for a spicy navigating. Up on the Squirrels, the lower grade tread took it all in. It went from pure dust a week ago to mud in a flash. This helped showcase sections of trail that “worked” and parts that needed more attention. Rather than jump straight into the mud, we focused on bridges and moving the blue re-route along. I honed in on a problem of my own design: the best shaped swoop (that I had flagged) went through a monster sized rock. Armed with a long metal rod, gravity and the stonework teachings of Ken Melamed, I ambitioned for more than simply removing the rock… It would become the trail. After preparing its final destination, I summoned my inner Obelix to precisely nudge the menhir into place! For the engineers reading this, I mostly used class 2 levering to nudge the fall and class 1 levering to get the final tilt just right. We’ll be dealing with mud and compacting tread in the coming weeks while juggling volunteer digging events which start-up again in September. SHOCKING: IT’S SEPTEMBER ALREADY!

Wildfire Thinning Project News
The Alta lake road project is in its final cleanup on the River Runs Through it side and crews will be moving into the Get Over it/ Rebobs side soon. On the other side of the valley, starting in September, the RMOW and Whistler-Blackcomb will conduct more thinning work around the Kadenwood neighborhood (near the gondola). This will affect some trails in and around the bike park. Please obey all signage in the area as the tree falling crews work.

See you on the trails!
Dan Raymond
WORCA Lead Trail Builder
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