Whistler, BC snowboarding

Whistler, BC was the first stop on our Mountain collective pass tour. In Whistler we got actual passes with lanyards. Pretty Snazzy!

Here is some information about the Peak to Peak Gondola that I got from wikipedia. 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, (1.88 miles) and highest point above the ground (1,430 feet.)  The Peak 2 Peak Gondola was built by the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in 2007 and 2008 at a cost of $51 million CDN. The Peak 2 Peak Gondola is the first Doppelmayr "3S" tri-cable lift in North America; there are four similar but smaller lifts in Europe which were built in 1991, 1994, 2002, 2004 and 2010 in Switzerland, Austria, France and Germany.

Statistics

Length: 4.4 km/2.73 mi

Capacity: 4,100 people per hour

Line Speed: 7.5 metres per second (16.8 miles per hour)

Ride Time: 11 minutes

The 28 CWA-manufactured gondola cabins hold 28 people each, with 22 seated and 6 standing. 26 of the cabins are painted red while 2 are painted silver and have glass floors. Pictured here. 

Here we are riding the Peak to Peak

This is a large Bear with a trail map painted on it. Located in the Blackcomb lodge.

Commemorative bobsled for the 2010 Olympics.

All in all snowboarding in Whistler was fun. The mountain was amazingly huge compared to what we have been riding. I liked that they had music playing in the terrain park. I also stopped in Whistler lodge one day to have a baileys and cocoa. Warmed me right up!