G'day All,
Since we had the upgrade and adjoining rooms we utilised both bathrooms and made the most of the space, if only for the night. We decided overnight to do the chair lift to the top of Whistler and also do the Peak 2 Peak gondola ride as well. For someone not keen on heights Penny was getting amongst it with yet another elevated activity :-)
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| Looking back towards Whistler as we ascend to the top. |
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| At the top of Whistler mountain. |
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| Gold gold gold. |
The Peak 2 Peak Gondola is a tri-cable gondola lift located in Whistler, British Columbia that links Whistler Mountain's Roundhouse Lodge with Blackcomb Mountain's Rendezvous Restaurant. It is the first lift to join the two side-by-side mountains. It holds world records for the longest free span between ropeway towers at 3.03 kilometres and highest point above the ground t 436 metres. The Peak 2 Peak Gondola was built by the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in 2007 and 2008 at a cost of CDN$51 million.
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| Peak 2 peak looking from Whistler towards Blackcomb mountain. |
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| View from Gondola |
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| Passing another Gondola |
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| It's a long way across and down. |
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| View from the top of Blackcomb Mountain. |
Once we got off the gondola we had a look around and noticed a marmot just below the lookout viewing area. This is the animal that Whistler was renamed after, the marmots are abundant on the mountain and surrounding area and make a whistling sound.
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| Marmot. |
From here we had to head down hill on the ski chair lift, another challenge for Penny with her little legs swinging in the breeze.
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| Penny wasn't so sure about descending on the ski lift. |
After we had our feet firmly back on the ground we did a bit of a walk around Whistler village and then headed back to the hotel ready to catch the bus to drop us back to the train for the last leg to Vancouver.
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| River on way to Vancouver |
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| Beside the fjord as we head to Vancouver. |
The train pulled up in Vancouver and the rocky Mountaineer crew kindly organised a voucher for a taxi from the station to the Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel, for a while it was looking like we would have to carry our luggage a few blocks as this wasn't a regular drop off point. We decided to rest up for the night with the view to do the Hop On Hop Off bus tour of Vancouver in the morning as we didn't need to be at Canada Place at the Port of Vancouver until 12pm to book into the Holland America cruise. So rest up we did.
Cheers
Gary and Penny
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