UVic is a about 3 hours away by car/bus (a 1.5 hour ferry ride). You can take harbor air to go from downtown vancouver to downtown victoria in 30 minutes.
Whistler is about another hour and a half farther. Local mountains are about 10-20 minutes from Vancouver, but skiing right now is pretty sad, not much snow at all.
Cheers,
Alex
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