January 2015 BCBusiness 77
teAmwork options
(clockwise from left) Pinna-
cle Pursuits, Kitchen Riddles,
The Amazing Chase, Coast
Mountain Photography,
Whistler Sport Legacies.
coast mountain photography (bobsled); brad kasselman/coastphoto.com (coast mountain photography)
The olympic Experience
Who: Whistler Sport
Legacies, 604-964-0040,
bsmith@whistlersport
legacies.com
What: Whistler offers some
pretty fine sports facilities.
Who paid for this stuff any-
way? Well, might as well take
advantage.
Corporate events can
make use of the Blackcomb
Mountain Whistler Sliding
Centre and its bobsleigh
and skeleton track. At the
Whistler Olympic Park 25
kilometres away, there's the
biathlon shooting range,
cross-country, snowshoe-
ing, tobogganing and even
ski jumping. Your group can
also be treated to a speech
by an Olympic athlete,
authentic team jerseys, med-
als and ceremonies.
The food's great, and the
venues, Olympic. There are
some pretty decent hotels in
town too.
Where: Whistler
strength Factor: Steal a bit of
Canadian Olympic glory
for your group, but remem-
ber: you can't all be Sidney
Crosby.
Photo Safari
Who: Coast Mountain
Photography, 604-938-1478,
chris@coastphoto.com
What: Team members—each
with a camera—receive a
custom-designed list of
photo challenges. After a
brief tutorial, teams dis-
perse to specified locations
and routes to complete the
list. Photos are collected
and presented back to your
group the same day in the
form of slide shows. (What-
ever you do, don't cut the
head off a bear. They don't
like it.)
Coast Mountain claims
the Photo Challenge is the
least expensive—and green-
est—team-building event
around.
Where: Whistler, the Lower
Mainland and other
locations around British
Columbia
strength Factor: This event
should ensure that your
group does not end up
with nothing to show for
the retreat but a bunch of
selfies.
now We're Cooking
Who: Kitchen Riddles,
1-855-569-1569, info@
kitchenriddles.com
What: If corporate retreats
are intended to provide reci-
pes for success, look no fur-
ther than Kitchen Riddles.
They offer team instruc-
tion from expert chefs in a
top-of-the-line professional
kitchen, and no dishes to do
afterwards. And your team
won't go hungry—unless of
course the whole experi-
ence reveals that your staff
can't so much as boil an egg.
Where: 118–5589 Byrne Road,
Burnaby
strength Factor: Got to know
how to follow a recipe but
be creative too. Business
(and cooking) 101.
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