Off-Site

Whistler, British Columbia

A retreat for the industrial sector.

Our place in the trees. Come up when you’ve got something to work out.

The Site sign at 9440 Deerhorn, with the black house lit up behind it in the trees at dusk

off-site/ˈɒf saɪt/ verb

To get your people out of the building and up a mountain, so there’s room to think.
To take a few days over one big question and come home with the answer.

“We’ve been circling this for a year. Time to off-site it.”

Our industry moves really fast.
Off-Site is a place designed to connect and think about the big picture.
A place to ask the tough questions, develop the plan and build the vision.
A guided experience by Site.
Take a few days to change everything.
Go home with the answers.

A black house, a sauna and some very tall trees.

A few days to work on one thing.

Press play on the drive up.

Three ways to spend the days.

Then we light the sauna.

A few days to work on one thing.

Leave the inbox and the job site at home. Bring your team and the thing you need to sort out.

Three people standing on a mossy granite outcrop in the forest

Tell us what you’re working on.

We’ll help you plan the days.

You do the work together, at one table.

You head home with a decision.

Run it with us.

We’ll plan it with you, run the sessions and write up what you decide.

Run it yourselves.

The house is yours. We’ll leave the keys, the playlist and a few ideas.

A black house, a sauna and some very tall trees.

About two hours up the Sea to Sky from Vancouver, at the quiet end of Whistler.

The black house from below, its deck up on timber legs among the cedars

The sauna glowing at the end of a gravel path through the cedars

The sauna lit up between two huge cedar trunks

Sauna.

Out back, a few steps from the door.

Fire pit.

Chairs in a circle under the cedars.

Swings.

Under the deck. Yes, they’re for grown-ups too.

The house at 9440 Deerhorn at dusk, with the Site sign by the drive

The sauna seen from the deck above, warm light through the glass

The back deck with two chairs at the foot of the stairs

A crane lifting the sauna, a single black block, over the treeline

The sauna came in over the trees.

It showed up on a crane, one black block swinging over the treeline.

Courses.

Three ways to spend the days.

Each one starts from a Site program, then gets shaped around your team.

Snow-capped peaks and low cloud, framed by dark evergreens

Brand realignment.For when everyone describes the company a little differently. Get your leaders agreeing on who you are and how you say it.From Refresh Brand + Strategy Team building.For when the team’s grown fast and hasn’t had time to get to know each other. Real work, good food and time outside.From Attract Talent Vision setting.For when you need to decide where the company’s headed and what comes first.From Reposition Company

Activities.

Then we light the sauna.

It’s not all work up here.

The sauna glowing at dusk at the end of the garden

People walking a forest trail over mossy rock

A man on a bench on a granite outcrop above the fog

Sauna.

Out back, a few steps from the door.

Fire pit and swings.

For after dinner.

The lookout.

Somewhere to sit with the big question.

Press play on the drive up.

We made four playlists for the house.

Off-Site playlist cover: The Drive.

Off-Site playlist cover: Working.

Off-Site playlist cover: Dinner.

Off-Site playlist cover: The Fire.

Put it on when you hit the Sea to Sky. It’ll still be going when you pull in.

Sprints.

An empty bench on a granite outcrop above the trees, mountains and fog beyond

Let’s off-site it.