Whistler Off Road Cycling Association

The Whistler Off Road Cycling Association was founded in 1989 to lobby against the pending closure of bike trails in Garibaldi Provincial Park. As a result of these early efforts the Cheakamus Lake and Elfin Lake trails remained open to cyclists.

WORCA has evolved over the years to become an integral part of Whistler. Today it has an eleven-member board of directors that represents and serves a community of more than 1,500 members.

By working with government, landowners and developers, WORCA continues to ensure mountain bike trail access while providing a wide range of other services to the mountain bike community:

WORCA sanctions the weekly Toonie Ride series and Phat Wednesday series, as well as special events like the Westside Wheel up; WORCA fosters the evolution of the sport through its youth programs and clinics, teaching safety, etiquette and technique to cyclists; WORCA helps to maintain hundreds of kilometres of trails to the highest environmental standards through member f