Canada 08/09 – The Journey Home

Our last morning at Whistler started late – with a well deserved sleep-in. We woke to see the sun beaming down once again on the two peaks that were Whistler Blackcomb. It was only the 4th day of sun we had seen for 2009, and so it was very much welcomed. It also meant that the temperature was bound to be much warmer – about 7C as it turned out. Once we had finally packed up the rooms, and weighed each bag with Ed’s now broken travel scales, checking that they were underweight – albeit just in some cases – we moved towards the lobby, just after 11am. [singlepic id=833 w=320 h=240 float=left] We checked out, and paid the $6 hotel bill – most of that... [Read More]

Canada 08/09 – Whistler – Day 12

Day 12 started at a similar time to the day before – we were all up and moving by 8:30am, which was a little later than ‘normal’, but not too bad for anyone. The weather looked perfect from our room window, as we stared out while eating breakfast – very few clouds about, and those that were about moved quickly. We were completely ready to hit the slopes at around 10am, and caught the hotel shuttle to the base of the lifts once again. We decided to start up Blackcomb, so that we would have an excuse to use the Peak 2 Peak with such nice weather, and so that we could end up on Whistler at the end of the day. Straight up the... [Read More]

Canada 08/09 – Whistler – Day 11

Day 11 started even later than yesterday – we pressed sleep on the alarm a few times, and didn’t get out of bed until close to 8:30am (lazy in Ed’s book). Ed was up and showering already, and so Pip and I started on breakfast. We took a little while to be completely ready to go, but finally left the room at just after 10am. The hotel shuttle was too hard to resist, again, and so we took the easy way out to the base of the lifts. It was as cloudy as yesterday, but it looked a little more bleak – there was some light rainfall and so we tried to move as quickly as we could and get on a lift. Today’s lift... [Read More]

Canada 08/09 – Whistler – Day 10

Day 10 (wow, day 10 already?) started with a small sleep-in – until just after 8am – followed by a fairly regular morning ritual. Outside it was cloudy, but not snowing or raining which was nice again. We were secretly hoping that the cloud was just low, and that with a lift or two we would pop out the top of it. We left the room at nearly 10am, and utilised the now regular hotel shuttle to get us to the base of the mountain. We decided to start up Blackcomb, and so headed up the Excalibur Gondola to the midstation. Pip wanted to ski down to the Wizard Express and see Ben – who was working on this lift – and so we did... [Read More]