The same number as a Saturday in the city
Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton cost what everywhere costs. Signature is C$3,000 here exactly as it is in Kitsilano, Legacy is C$4,200, and regional dates are grouped whenever possible to keep travel low.
British Columbia · Canada · Wedding Photographer
Whistler
50.12°N · 122.95°W
Ninety minutes north of Vancouver and inside the same published price. Mountain scale without a separate invoice for reaching it.
Whistler gives you altitude, which is the one thing the Lower Mainland cannot. Glacier light on the peaks at seven in the evening, alpine meadows above the tree line, and a valley that holds snow when Vancouver is green. It is the most vertical wedding landscape in the country that you can still reach by road.
The catch is that the mountain runs the day rather than the other way around. Lifts hold for wind without warning, cloud sits on the peaks for days at a stretch, and a wedding party moves up a gondola far more slowly than anybody plans for. Everything I do here is built around that rather than in denial of it.
Best monthsJun to Sep, and February
PriceSame as Vancouver
Lift riskPlanned for, not hoped about
Collections fromC$3,000
How I work here
Mountain weddings at the same collection price as a Saturday in the city
Ninety minutes north of Vancouver and inside the same number. The corridor is a logistics problem before it is an aesthetic one, and the logistics are the part you are actually paying me for.
A valley plan, named before the date
Every corridor timeline I build carries a second ceremony site at valley level, chosen and looked at in advance, in case the lift is held. It costs nothing to have and it is the difference between a wedding and ninety minutes in a lift queue.
Winter is a real option here
February gives you genuine snow, blue hour at four in the afternoon, and a completely different set of photographs from the July version. It works if you actively want winter rather than tolerating it, and if everybody owns boots.
There are three Whistler weddings and they are not interchangeable. A village wedding happens at a hotel or a restaurant with everything walkable, which is the easiest version and the one that survives bad weather. An alpine wedding puts the ceremony at the top of a lift, which is the most spectacular and the most exposed to cloud. A lake wedding at Green Lake or Lost Lake sits between the two: outdoors, reachable by road, and low enough to stay under the weather most days.
A wedding at the Chateau costs exactly what a wedding in Kitsilano costs, and what one in Old Montréal costs: Signature C$3,000, Legacy C$4,200, Photo + Film C$5,900. The mountain does not make the photography more expensive. Travel is kept lean through early booking, practical routes and grouped regional dates.
What the corridor asks for is honesty about time. Lifts close, they hold for wind on days that look fine from the valley, and they move a wedding party far more slowly than anyone plans for. Every Whistler timeline I build names a valley-level ceremony site we switch to if the lift is held. That single line is the difference between a day that works and an afternoon spent waiting.
The ground
Where Whistler weddings happen
Where couples up here actually get married, and what each place asks of the schedule.
- 01
Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Upper Village
The largest room in the corridor, at the foot of Blackcomb. Everything walkable, and a wet-weather plan that is the room next door.
- 02
Nita Lake Lodge
Creekside
Lakeside, quieter, and small enough that the whole day stays in one place. The dock at the end of the evening is the frame people remember.
- 03
Audain Art Museum
Whistler village
Concrete, glass and rainforest through the windows. The most architectural room in the mountains, and it photographs beautifully in flat light.
- 04
Sea to Sky Gondola
Squamish, 40 minutes south
A suspension bridge above the sound, ten minutes of ascent, and half the drive of Whistler. Underrated for exactly that reason.
- 05
Green Lake and Lost Lake
Whistler valley
Road-accessible water with the peaks behind. Where the ceremony goes when the alpine is socked in.
- 06
The alpine, above the lift
Whistler and Blackcomb
Spectacular, and entirely at the mercy of the mountain. Worth it, with the valley site named in advance.
The work
Recent Whistler coverage
Frames from real Whistler, Squamish and the Sea-to-Sky corridor weddings rather than location scouting. Every one of these was a day with guests in it.
The calendar
When to get married in Whistler
The corridor has two seasons worth having and two worth avoiding.
June to August
Long, dry, alpine
The dry window. Sunset near ten in June, wildflowers above the tree line in late July, and the busiest lodging of the year.
September
Gold and thin
The best single month. Warm light, crowds gone, and the first colour on the slopes without any snow to complicate access.
December to March
Blue and short
Real winter. Blue hour at four, snow on everything, and a village that is fully awake. Choose it deliberately or not at all.
May and November
Grey and between
The two months I would talk you out of. The alpine is neither snow nor open, and the odds of a textureless day are the highest of the year.
The shape of it
How the day runs
A Signature wedding in the corridor. The mountain gets a vote, so the schedule carries slack where it matters.
- Hour 1–2
Getting ready
Usually the hotel, which is the whole argument for a village venue. No transfers, no weather exposure, and the light through those windows is good until noon.
- Hour 3
The mountain call
By now we know whether the lift is running and whether the peak is in cloud. Both plans were scouted, so this is a decision rather than a scramble.
- Hour 4
Ceremony
Alpine or valley, whichever the morning gave us. Permits sorted well in advance where the site needs one.
- Hour 5
Family, then the two of you
Twelve groups from a written list. Altitude and wind make this faster than anyone expects, because nobody wants to linger.
- Hour 6
Portraits
Twenty minutes at a lake or above the tree line, timed to the light rather than to the schedule.
- Hour 7–8
Dinner and the room
Speeches and the dances that matter. Nobody is driving home, so the night runs later here than almost anywhere else I work.
Whole days
Complete albums, not highlight reels
Every wedding comes back as one continuous roll. These open on the first frame and run to the last, including the quiet parts a portfolio leaves out. It is the only honest way to judge whether someone can carry a whole day.
All the albums, or the five style albums in the portfolio.
What it costs
What a Whistler wedding costs
The same as everywhere else. A collection carries one national price, because the photography is the same work wherever it happens. Sales tax goes on top, so do any add-ons you choose, and travel stays separate only when the wedding requires its own trip.
Signature
C$3,000
- 8 continuous hours, one lead photographer
- 600+ edited images, high resolution with print permission
- A 60-minute engagement session
- A 1-minute feature film, colour graded
- 2 rolls of film, processed and scanned
Legacy
C$4,200
- 10 continuous hours, one lead photographer
- A second photographer for 4 hours, placed where two angles actually matter
- 800+ edited images, high resolution with print permission
- A 60-minute engagement session
- A 3-minute feature film, colour graded
Photo + Film
C$5,900
- 12 continuous hours of photography, one lead photographer
- 12 hours with a dedicated filmmaker, not a camera pointed at the same thing
- A 3 to 5 minute highlight film, colour graded, with licensed music
- Your vows or speeches in the film wherever the audio comes back clean
- One consolidated round of minor film revisions
Travel: The same trip as Vancouver, plus the corridor drive. Quoted with the collection, never added afterwards. It is a separate, agreed figure in the contract, never a line that appears at the end. Send the venue and the date and you will have it in the first reply.
Reading
Written for Whistler couples
What it costs, when to book, and how the day is built. Written to be useful before you have decided anything, including whether to hire me.
Questions
Whistler, specifically
Is Whistler more expensive than Vancouver?
Not for the photography. Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton buy the same collections at the same figures as anywhere else: C$3,000, C$4,200 and C$5,900. What the corridor adds is the trip, and that is quoted with the collection rather than sprung on you afterwards.
What happens if the gondola is closed on the day?
We move to the site we already named. Lifts hold for wind on mornings that look perfectly fine from the valley, so every corridor timeline I build has a valley-level ceremony location in it from the start. It is not a fallback invented on the morning, it is the second half of the plan.
Can we get married here in winter?
Yes, and February is genuinely underrated. Real snow, blue hour arriving at four, and a completely different day from the summer version. It works if you actually want winter rather than tolerating it, and if the wedding party owns proper boots.
More in the general FAQ, and in the journal.
Whistler dates
Is yours open?
Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton, at the same collection price as anywhere. The corridor drive stays separate and grouped regional dates can lower the travel fee.