Travel Blogs from Whistler, Canada
Who´s Who, Quotable Quotes, and Trip Highlights
... as we left, a regular in the Quito party scene, lung infections be damned. Great guy, well and truly representing Canada and hopefully still around for our Quito reunion coming up. Asally Salsa teacher extraordinaire and a very very cool girl. ...
Snow Fun
... gliding through the tree lined runs feeling like you were the only person on the entire mountain. Reaching the top of Whistler peak the temperature reached a balmy -11 degrees but gave an amazing alpine mountain panorama every which way you looked ...
Lovely in the summertime
... first Australian we came across (so that took about two seconds) if there was any Vegemite - there is no Vegemite in Whistler either. The no Vegemite crisis worsens. I have pleadingly emailed my mother to rescue me from the Vegemite drought and ...
Ski Bunny
... reunited and I will never need to buy another item of clothing again. My day at Cypress though hardly prepared me for Whistler. Whistler/Blackcomb is huge, huge, huge. One run had us catching lifts to get to the top for 50 minutes! It just never ...
BEAVERS, BEARS AND BRONCS
... for their hospitality - much enjoyed. That was pretty much it for our time in BC. We have had a couple of weeks hanging out in Whistler, doing a bit of hiking and sorting out admin. for our return to the UK. Just a week or so to go in Vancouver and ...
Whistle town
blurb and video diary to follow, just need to find the time to upload everything. Excuses excuses ...
Whistler-Blackcomb Ski Resort (World/US&C)
... of us took the gondola up the mountain where we played in the snow (in JULY!) and even took a helicopter flight to see Whistler Glacier. The author also mentions the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, which is where we had dinner (at Wildflower), and it was a ...
Snow, frost and ice
... - comes over. She apparently is in the same room as this random guy. And I had no idea she was even in Canada, let alone Whistler, let alone in the staff accommodation, let alone in this building, let alone sharing a room with this guy! It was SO random, ...
Snoooooow, Skiing, and a nasty bump to the head!
... to have a shower and get changed, and then at 6pm, Sophia and I headed down into the village to watch the first weekly Whistler Fire & Ice Show. 4 snowboarders, and 4 skiiers hurtle down a hill, up a ramp of snow, and do various twists, flips and ...
Fun in the snow
... going from Whistler peak all the way down into Creekside- so from the highest point to the lowest in the resort (lower than Whistler village). The top was spectacular, 360 degree views with beautiful powder snow, and about half way down, I found myself at ...
Sunshine, snow and skiing in the town of Whistler
The DTS staff were conveniently having their debrief in Whistler, so I caught a ride with them. We stopped in Squamish for a pub lunch and a wander through the lovely little town. I had no idea it was so nice- lots of little gift stores, a great bakery (I ...
Quick trip up the mountain
... week we had a couple of days off to rest before we left for our Mobile Tour to Saskatchewan so... I decided to go up to Whistler. Figured I would probably get enough rest on our 18 hour drive. I met up with my friend Michelle first for lunch and ...
Just...keep...going...one...more...week.
... straight to where we were staying for the night, this amazing little hostel in the middle of nowhere 45 minutes North of Whistler. It was unbelievably beautiful, nestled in between 2 mountains, not a single house to be seen elsewhere, horses in the ...
Whistler
... off on my adventure to Asia, which eventually ended up with me going back to Thailand, I went on a little journey with Jim to Whistler. We got free accomodations provided by his Aunt, which was killer, so all we had to pay for was skiing...oh yea ...
Grace and Lamond's Canadian Adventure - Day 8
14 April 2013 It's a beautiful morning at Whistler. We are all a wee bit tired due to the constant revelry in the street outside last night, but the sun is sparkling in a clear blue sky so crawling back into bed is just not an option. I feel that ...
Mid To End April
... off a euphoric season of sensational snow and fun. Bears are beginning to roam the lower slopes in search of food as they grogily emerge from the winter hibernation, and the Black Eyed Peas make a visit to Whistler for the Telus Ski and Snowboard ...
Back Home
... worries since I already started to think about my next destinations even before I was back from this one. I'm now back in the Whistler-Pemberton area and the flying season is just starting as the snow is melting. Seeing the familiar faces of loved ones ...
Whistler to Vancouver Island
Sunny weather once again and we did some hiking around some lakes today. Then onto the very touristy and resorty, Whistler. Our night out started off in DubLynn Gate, an Irish pub, where Megan taught us some Irish dancing. Then onto Moe Joe's for some ...
Powder time
... . I always feel at home, I love my aunt and uncle. I didn't get any strange feelings here like I did in Seattle. Whistler is always awesome, from snowboarding to mountain biking to bungee jumping to One Duck Lake. I was lucky enough to go skiing on the ...
Leaving Whistler
Poppy: I'd been in Whistler since December, the season was ending, the snow was melting, Whistler mountain had closed and everyone else was leaving. I finally, sadly, accepted the fact that it was time for me to leave too but at least I had somewhere ...
more shots from whistler
Hi everyone, hopefully by now you have had a look at my sight my mum is still probably trying to find it. So here are some more pics to see some are a little drunk and stupid and then there are some nice ones i took walking around last week. The snow has ...
Whistler - Two Years Till D-Day
... Isère in France, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Sestrière in Italy, Interlaken, Gstaad and Zermatt in Switzerland, I can say that Whistler compares favourably. When I compare Sestrière, the site of the alpine events for the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, ...
The TODAY Show
... 'Today Show' is in town. In the house I'm living in there are about 5 ausies. So we all hooked in together and went up Whistler mountain as the today show gave all Aussies free tickets. I had some snow fights with Bas and Ange. Made a snow man and ...
Funtime in the moutains
May 18th, 2007 Cabin, Dinner, Drinking games, Mounties, Club May 19th, 2007 ...
I want to ski...
... , i finally arrived in Vancouver where my aunt and uncle met me. We stayed in Downtown Vancouver for one night and then drove to Whistler where we spent 2 nights in a lovely hotel right in the main town. It was like a magical place and all i could think ...
Sea to Sky
... of stopping to take a look at the Chief, the famous climbing rock. But of course I missed that pullover too. Finally in Whistler we quickly located our hotel (thank you, Dad's GPS). We dropped off our bag and walked around the Village to scope out our ...
Whistler where Aussies rule the land!
... to waste no time and head up the mountain to do the famous 'peak to peak' gondola which spans between Blackcomb and Whistler mountains. It's 4.4km long, is the highest lift of its kind at 436 metres above the 'valley floor' and completes the longest ...
