Day 3 - Peak 2 Peak and Horseback Riding

Top of Willards head and Kim up in front

Heading down the trail

Susan/Willard Kim/Dandy Tiff/Angel

From the top of Blackcomb Mountain looking over Whistler



Two beauties on the Gondola

Check out this snowpack

The Peak 2 Peak Gondola

Whistler Mountain

Day 3 actually was clear and sunny, which was perfect since we wanted to spend the day outside. We headed up the first Gondola to the top of the Whistler Peak to check out the scenery. A guide showed up where the Via Ferrata would have taken us, and it then became clear why it was cancelled. The snowpack was so deep that the holds were covered in several places and there had already been many avalanche slides. In looking at one of the switchback roads, the snowpack was at least 8 feet. The Peak 2 Peak went from Whistler Mountain to Blackomb Mountain and gave us some stunning views with some spitting snow. We got a chance to play in the snow, which of course made us really happy.

Later that afternoon we took a shuttle to Pemberton which is about 20 min North of Whistler. A beautiful town at the base of Mount Currie. Up until about 3 weeks ago they were still heli skiing in the peaks. We had a great time on the horses. Tiff's horse was Angel (nickname Devil), which she was soon to learn why, when she decided at the steepest downhill point that she had no interest in coming on down the trail. My horse Willard, behaved like a drunken old man, and kept trying to brush me off by wandering into the trees. Kim's horse was dandy, and he was just perfect (of course). But the ride was fun, the scenery was beautiful, and it took us places we would not have gone otherwise. There had been sightings of two bears with a total of 5 cubs but we didn't see them. Bummer!

We ended our day with the scrumptous fondue at the Bavarian as we had hoped.

NOTE: Tiff still is coughing up a storm but still planning on doing her Bungee jump today (Friday) and then we will head to Vancouver.