Dude- walk up to the Intrawest building on Blackcomb and you've got yourself a job 100% sure for winter. Imagine the number of employees they need for the winter... When I got there this summer I got a job as a cook within a week, lift and bike pass FULLY PAID (that is to say a 400$ gift), 9.50$ an hour, 50% off the food everywhere in the village, 20% off the gear everywhere in the village.
Going to to Whistler is a necessary lifetime experience for a skier. Not all that's left is for me to return during the actual winter, goddamnit. When I left in August my boss told me to come back during the winter and I had a job assured 100%.
And the party scene... don't even ask. Just go in the village at night, a little drunk. You'll end up arriving at your house at ten in the morning, still the most drunk you've been in your life. Jeah.