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Whistler

Whistler Sliding Centre

Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler, British Columbia · Canada

Racing today, mostly luge; the bobsleigh World Cup did not visit in 2025/26.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,683 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
2007
Status
Racing today
Length
1,450 m
Drop
148 m
Curves
16

Bobsleigh and skeleton course; drops of 148 m and 152 m are both published.

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The Slidensa model, drawn over the real ground. Follow the run into every curve.

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Game model · Two-man bobsleigh reference run. These lengths, speeds and loads come from Slidensa’s physics and can differ from the real track’s published figures.

Length
1,643m
Drop
148m
Curves
16
Top speed
152km/h
Peak load
5.8g
Reference run
0:57.05
Curve-by-curve guide · 16 curves

The three curves in lime pull hardest in the reference run.

  1. 1 89° right Slingshot 1.9 g · 61 km/h
  2. 2 155° left Fallaway 2.2 g · 62 km/h
  3. 3 45° left Wedge 1.9 g · 85 km/h
  4. 4 168° right 3.6 g · 96 km/h
  5. 5 169° left 3.2 g · 97 km/h
  6. 6 90° left Kink 3.2 g · 100 km/h
  7. 9 179° right Lynx 4.1 g · 114 km/h
  8. 7 56° right Lueders Loop 4.1 g · 107 km/h
  9. 8 78° right Str8 3.1 g · 107 km/h
  10. 10 20° left Lynx 1.7 g · 116 km/h
  11. 11 151° left Shiver 3.8 g · 118 km/h
  12. 13 130° right 50/50 4.5 g · 135 km/h
  13. 12 59° right Gold Rush Trail 4.1 g · 132 km/h
  14. 14 97° left Gold Rush Trail 5.5 g · 144 km/h
  15. 15 227° right Gold Rush Trail 5.8 g · 151 km/h
  16. 16 72° right Thunderbird 5.7 g · 151 km/h

The story

Whistler Sliding Centre was built on Blackcomb Mountain between 2005 and 2007 for the 2010 Winter Olympics. It is the fastest track in the world: Felix Loch reached 153.98 km/h here in 2009. In February 2010 a luger died after a training crash at turn 16; overnight, during the Games, the luge starts were moved lower and the walls at that curve were raised. It has since hosted bobsleigh and luge World Championships.

  • Felix Loch reached 153.98 km/h here in 2009, a world luge speed record at the time.
  • Turn 2, called Fallaway, is the steepest point on the track at a 20% grade.
  • A British four-man crew holds the track record of 50.66 s, set in 2017.

Today

A refrigerated track of 16 curves on Blackcomb, from a start at 935 m to a finish at 802 m.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The Whistler track before the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The Whistler track before the 2010 Winter Olympics. Photo: Uncleweed, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Racing history

Earliest and latest recorded race of each event at this level, from published results.

Olympic Games

Two-man bob 2010
Four-man bob 2010
Women's bob 2010
Men's luge 2010
Women's luge 2010
Doubles luge 2010
Men's skeleton 2010
Women's skeleton 2010

World Championships

Two-man bob 2019
Four-man bob 2019
Women's bob 2019
Men's luge 2013–2025
Women's luge 2013–2025
Doubles luge 2013–2025
Women's doubles luge 2025
Luge team relay 2013–2025
Men's skeleton 2019
Women's skeleton 2019

World Cup

Two-man bob 2022
Four-man bob 2022
Women's bob 2022
Women's monobob 2022
Men's skeleton 2022
Women's skeleton 2022