A stroll in the Summertime Snow
A long drop
Time to travel to the top of Whistler Mountain today, taking the 25 minute long gondola ride up to the summit.
The mountain tops in the area are still covered in snow, which is very unusual for this time of year. As usual wherever you go in the world these days the locals are saying the weather patterns have gone nuts. It’s been a very cold summer up until a couple of weeks ago and now the temperatures are reaching record highs.
Accordingly, we were able to dress in shorts and t-shirts to visit he top of the mountains even though they were still deep in snow. See the picture of me looking like I should be freezing to death just to prove it :0)
It was a little cooler up top and I doubt we could have managed more than an hour up there without getting chilly. Never the less we were still standing in the snow, above the clouds, dressed in our summer gear. Surreal.
From Whistler Mountain we took the Peak 2 Peak cable car ride over to Blackcomb Mountain, Whistlers slightly taller neighbour.
The most un-nerving statistic about the ride was that it has the worlds longest unsupported cable span. A total of 1.88 miles of cable with no towers!
The views were stunning though. On the way back from Blackcomb we managed to catch one of only two glass bottomed cable cars. The picture above is of Kel’s feet through to the ground a very, very long way below.
As always more pictures of the day are in our photo albums.