We had the pleasure of going on a business trip to Whistler, BC. It was business in that an insurance company paid, but the trip was all about fun and relaxing We left LA just as a horrible heatwave hit. I only packed ‘winter’ clothes.
Those grey skies means green.
Or white, we were supposed to hike on a glacier, so we took the gondola up to the top of the mountain where we found a lot of snow.
The chairlifts are being swallowed by the clouds
We were given snow boots, but some people were comfortable in shorts.
I brought wool knitwear and have been wearing some of it every day, even when not standing in the snow.
To me this looks like winter.
After hiking the snow, I got very hot.. One gal was wearing a tank top.
Here is the glacier, we never set foot on it. You see the dark areas? While it rained on us, it dropped a lot of fresh powder on the mountain, those are avalanches. No way of knowing if they have more run in them. So we admired from afar.
Instead we hopped on the Peak to Peak tram which is quite the engineering marvel. Four towers hold these massive cables and up to 28 large cable cars. It connects Whistler mountain to Blackcomb and was finished before the 2010 Olympics.
The view. That ‘small’ hydroelectric plant supplies the power to both mountains, so the whole ski resort has its own power source.
I need sunshine and warmth but I understand why these kind of surroundings appeal to so many people
Fun!