We spent a week skiing Whistler Blackcomb and enjoying the surrounding mountains. While there, we experienced snowy, clowdy, inverted, and clear days. It was interesting skiing in a humid and warmer climate. There would be rain at the bottom of the mountain, but lots of snow at the top. The parking lots in town are free after 5pm, so we spent some evenings enjoying the base area, which was usually really busy with lots of tourists.
For camping, we stayed about 20 minutes east of the ski area’s base on a plowed forest service road. We walked to the Brandywine Waterfall, which is about 70m tall. It was a good post skiing activity!
We spent one day exploring the backcountry out of the Whistler side of the resort. We were able to summit two peaks and ski some fresh snow. The most unexpected part was a 20km trail (luge…), Singing Pass Trail, that connects where we were skiing up the valley to just above the base area. This made a fun, easy ski back to the base area after a full day of skiing and touring.
