Canada USA Trip 2016: Friday 9th

Today it was about exploring the mountain, to get to the Roundhouse Lodge (1860m) on Whistler Mountain, you take the Whistler Village Gondola. From here you can take the Peak 2 Peak 360 Gondola to Blackcomb Mountain or a shot walk to the Peak Express Chairlift.

There where 100's of people of all ages going up the mountain to ride their mountain bikes down to the bottom, they either go up on the chair lift or the gondola, it is an amazing sight. There are 3 different places for them to get off depending how high up the mountain they want to go, we saw quite a few at Whistler Peak (2182m) which is the highest point you can get to. There are 75 trails available with 57 currently open.

We decided to walk the short distance to the Peak Express chairlift to get to Whistler Peak.

Ski slopes on Blackcomb Mountain.

We headed back down the chairlift and walk back up the hill to the Roundhouse Lodge, and took the Peak 2 Peak Gondola to Blackcomb Mountain.

Construction of the Gondola commenced in the summer of 2007 and opened in the winter of 2008.

World’s longest unsupported span for a lift of this kind at 3.024km/1.88miles.

Worlds highest lift of its kind at 436m/1,427ft above the valley floor.

*Guinness World Records*

World’s longest continuous lift system: Connecting 2 high speed chair lifts and 1 gondola.

NOT YOUR AVERAGE GONDOLA RIDE

More than a gondola, the PEAK 2 PEAK is innovation on a different scale entirely. Spanning the distance between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola is a 4.4-kilometre/2.7mile, 11-minute journey to infinite possibilities. By connecting the high alpine terrain of both mountains, it changes the way you ride Whistler Blackcomb. It allows you to transfer mountains and ride the best terrain on both in the same day. Ride the Peak of Whistler in the morning then 7th Heaven on Blackcomb in the afternoon.