The weather forecast indicated today may be the clearest day this week. Therefore, we took advantage of that and headed up to Blackcomb Mountain and the Peak2Peak gondola.
Two chairlifts, Wizard Express and Solar Coastal Express, take you to near the peak of Blackcomb Mountain. We heard that it snowed yesterday, which added a little to the large amount of snow still on the ground up on the mountains. But it was clear and sunny up there this morning.
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| Peak2Peak Gondola |
From Blackcomb, a spectacular 4.4 Km gondola ride goes across Fitzsimmons valley to Whistler Peak. Fitzsimmons Creek runs through the valley. There are two towers on each end, with a span of a little more than 3 Km as much as 436 meters above the valley between them. This makes it the longest (and highest?) span in the world.
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| On top of Blackcomb |
The view from the top of both mountains is an incredible 360 degree panorama of the Coast Mountains. Unfortunately, the lifts to the peaks of both mountains were not operating, so we had to settle for the top of the gondola, a bit lower than the peaks.
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Straight down from glass bottom gondola
over Fitzsimmons Creek |
We waited for the glass bottom gondola, which provided very interesting views straight down of the forest and creek on the way back across to Blackcomb.
After coffee on Blackcomb, lunch on Whistler, and another coffee back on Blackcomb, we reluctantly headed back down.
We hoped to maybe spot bear in the forests from the chair lifts, but there were none. So from the base of the lifts, we walked through the village back to our condo.
Before dinner, we headed out for a drink at one of the restaurant/bars in the village. Then it was back "home" for dinner and a relaxing evening.
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