This past summer my wife’s
parents took a day trip to Whistler while there were staying with us. Being
from the flat landscape of Winnipeg they were intrigued to traverse between two
mountain peaks, about one kilometer above the valley floor at mid span. Ingeniously
enough this gondola ride is known as Peak-To-Peak. (That always reminds me of
the contest that was held some years ago to name the No. 2 Road bridge in
Richmond. It’s now officially named “The No. 2 Road Bridge”.)
My wife then found an online
deal to get us two-for-one tickets for the same attraction. The hitch was that
we had to use the tickets before the end of September, and September is always
really busy for Shauna setting up a new school year.
We’d been to Whistler for the
Canada Day weekend, but the weather had been more suited to Thanksgiving. We
really wanted to experience Whistler, and especially Pear-To-Peak in the
glorious sunshine this region experienced from mid-summer into early Fall.
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| More Olympic rings at the top. |
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| The view upon our descent to mid-span. |
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| The valley floor is about 1000m below us right here! |
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| The ascent up Blackcomb from mid-span. |
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