Peak to peak

Earlier this week I made it up the mountain for the first time this season. And what a glorious day it was with clear blue skies and bright sunshine. From the base of Whistler Mountain, the village gondola takes 25 minutes to get to The Roundhouse Lodge at the top.

It was 13C down in the village and by the time I got to the top, both jacket and fleece came off as we sat in the sun. I had taken a picnic lunch for me, Mark and Blair (our friend from Toronto who had flown out for a long weekend) and a bottle of wine from our favourite winery in Niagara.

After lunch, Blair and I took the Peak to Peak gondola across to Blackcomb Mountain, a distance of 4.4kms/2.73 miles. The gondola system holds three world records:

 

·                     Longest unsupported span in the world: 3.024 km/1.88 miles

·                     Highest lift of its kind in the world: 436 m/1,427 ft above the valley floor

·                     World’s longest continuous lift system

At Blackcomb Mountain, the view of the slopes and down to the village were great.

The mild, spring like conditions are evident in the lack of snow on the mountain’s lower slopes

If we get a lot more snow this season I might go up again, otherwise it won’t happen until next season. It’s raining down in the village today, so hopefully its falling as snow on the slopes as its needed badly!