Canada 07/08 – Whistler – Day 3

Today started just as early as yesterday – 7am again. We enjoyed the short lift queues and conditions early on, and so wanted to enjoy another day to the fullest potential once again. We had breakfast downstairs, as was becoming tradition, and then we returned to the room to complete getting ready to hit the slopes. The weather was clear skies, and sunshine – a temperature inversion made it very balmy at the top of the mountain (was about -4C, while in the village at the bottom it was -12C). Instead of tackling the gondola again as we had done yesterday, we took the Fitzsimmons Chair from the base of Whistler. We enjoyed Whistler so much the day before that we decided to skip Blackcomb... [Read More]

Canada 07/08 – Whistler – Day 2

Day 2 at Whistler started early – 7am to be precise. We figured that the cause of the nasty crowds yesterday was being out on the slopes too late, as we really hadn’t begun until 10:30/11:00am-ish. We readied ourselves and were down at the buffet breakfast by 8am – only to find that the breakfast, at least, was just as busy (if not worse) than the other morning. We eventually found a table and enjoyed endless supplies of food. Following breakfast, we decided that after our poor day on Blackcomb the day before, that we were going to try out Whistler instead and see if we liked it any better. Skiing out the back door of the hotel, we were immediately on Blackcomb (just due... [Read More]

Canada 07/08 – Whistler – Day 1

Whistler on a Sunday sucks. Whew – now that that’s all done with, lets get back to business. I was originally going to write that ‘Whistler sucks’ but time has changed me. The day started early for Ed and Tess, but a little lazy for Pip and I. We discovered that the hotel provided a free buffet breakfast (that’s the best we’ve come across so far!), and so helped ourselves to many servings there before donning the snow gear and hitting the slopes. Ed and Tess went out first and did a few runs while we ate breakfast, and returned soon after with the lift tickets they had also gone to purchase for us. By the time we actually hit the slopes it was close... [Read More]

Canada 07/08 – Silver Star to Whistler

Our travel day started early, as they always seemed to – at 6am. We had to be up because for some reason our transport was picking us up at 7:30am… strange, considering our flight wasn’t scheduled to depart until 11:20am. Regardless, we woke and got ready for the day ahead, having breakfast as per normal. We attempted to use as many supplies as possible, but weren’t all that successful in doing so. 7:30am came, and the transport didn’t arrive. By this time, we were all standing out in the snow (as it was falling from above) – freezing. We decided by going back inside the house that we would not only warm up, but also speed up how quickly the shuttle driver arrived… we weren’t... [Read More]