Whistler ... Wow!

Whistler was all of the Rockies rolled into one.  We played on top of the mountains of Whistler (2182m) and Blackcombe (2436m) for 6 hours in the cool mountain breeze and clear skies, whilst the Village sweltered in 34 degree temp. We did a few 2-3 km hikes, the brand new suspension bridge, the magnificant Peak to Peak Gondola, Whistler Summit, Glaciers, a geocache, glacial lakes, mountain biking comp....it was all happening.

We were one of the first on the Village Gondola at 8.30 as we bought the tickets the night before..it took 25min to get up the mountain

Then straight onto the Peak to Peak...worlds longest at 4km & highest etc., 20 minutes across to Blackcombe

Quiet hiking trails....beat the mid day rush

Experienced the suspension bridge over a glacier

Todays lunch room, we took an extended lunch today it was so breathtaking,  360 degrees of snow capped mountains

The photo was taken from over on Blackcombe Mountain

Enjoyed the 2010 Olympic atmosphere

Inukshuk - Olympic symbol

Played snow ball fights on the Glaciers,  I had better watch my back, Derek owes me one now!

Rode my scariest chair lift by far, it was so steep.  I’m sure the lack of snow under it made it seem worse!

A bit of geocaching at the top of this very very very very steep hill

The cache was under this bush

The view looking back down

Our own Inukshuk. (Cairn), most of the time we felt like we had the mountain to ourselves

Whistler Village has lots of sports stores, and places to eat, and no traffic, unlike Banff and Jasper which were more suburban and “touristic”. There is a big summer trade aimed at mountain bikers. Not many out of bed yet at 8.30am. The local free bus shuttle from our hotel to the village didn’t start running until 10am, so we walked down the hill, under a chair lift via the Ski-in Ski-out route.