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Category: Pemberton
Whistler: a Â…summer tourist mecca or a place to fling oneself roughly down a mountain?
It has been many years since going to Whistler. My family doesn’t ski or snowboard and thus there has been a low desire to take effort to travel from Vancouver to Whistler. When the 2010 Winter Olympics were announced and the subsequent Highway 99 (Sea-to-Sky) upgrade was started, many of us Vancouver types stayed off the road. For years. Recently during a weekend getaway with my kids in Squamish, I thought, what the heck. It’s summer, the scenery will be amazing and Whistler is only an hour away. And when I say an hour, I mean it literally. From the […]
The Scenic Sea to Sky Highway
Around the world there are scenic highways that are renowned for their beauty, and that must be driven on at least once in your life; well here in Canada that road is the Sea to Sky Highway, and, on a clear day at least, this is one of the most scenic stretches of road you’ll find anywhere. The Sea to Sky Highway is officially named Highway 99 and this most famous stretch of it runs along the coast from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, and heads 134 kilometres (83 miles) north, passing through Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler and eventually Pemberton. […]
