Whistler Wandering

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The one and only blue sky morning view of Blackcomb from the front deck, and a shot of urban Spruce Grove

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My first glimpse of Whistler Mountain _________________ __The Path Less Travelled
from Fitzsimmons Creek


Fitzsimmons Walk Condominiums

Looks suspiciously like this huge complex of beautiful condominiums could be ready to house (and be heavily reimbursed by) the Olympic population explosion in February - if not the Athletes Village perhaps. This is just the front of the housing estate.

The Intrawest Club


Heated Stairs and Pathways

Whistler Blackcomb is owned by a company called Intrawest which is a subsidiary of The Fortress Investment Group



Whistler from The Stroll _________ Blackcomb from The Stroll _______ I think this is the one with
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______________________________________________________________Danimal Track


Two of those rare special shots.

The next day snow balls had been thrown through the ice on the ponds, lucky I got this one!



Reminders of home, a Snake Bowl from the 80's and .....Vegimite ... yes $7 for 150g :)



Starting to snow down in the Village Elevation 675 metres/2,214 feet. The summits of Whistler & Blackcomb sit at 7160 & 7494 feet. The 5000 foot vertical ascents these mountains are well known for means it is often snowing on the mountain while raining in The Village. As large as their vertical ascents are, still at their summits they still fall 500-1000 feet SHORT of the BASE of VAIL, CO which sits at 8120 feet before rising a further 4000 feet to 12250 feet (3526 m) at its highest point.





Typical walk to shops.




This all accumulated in a 24 hour period... This November Whistlers total snow fall is over 13 feet officially the snowiest November in recorded history we have received almost half the annual average snowfall and currently have an awesome 2m base. And the hills officially open tomorrow.

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