Harmony Creek

Our last day in Whistler we needed a rest day. So we hiked almost 450 steps up the ski lift from our camper first thing that morning. Our legs definitely did not thank us for that. We planned on going all the way to the top but the last bit is through the forest, we’re in bear territory without our bear spray (decisions made prior to coffee aren’t always the best) so we decided to just enjoy the view and head back down. After a bit we headed into Whistler village and went back to purebread for coffee and breakfast pastries. This place was amazing and everything was delicious.

We walked around for a bit then headed up the Blackcomb gondola. From there we caught Peak 2 Peak which is the worlds longest and highest unsupported lift. It connects Blackcomb and Whistler mountains in 11 minutes. The engineering behind this is just mind blowing. Between towers is almost 2 miles, and you’re hanging 1400 ft above the valley below. You can wait (like we did) for the glass bottom gondola or have a much shorter line for the regular ones. It was a beautiful ride across.

Once at Whistler we headed to a chair lift to go to the peak of Whistler mountain which has the Top of the World suspension bridge. Gorgeous views, and it took us to Raven’s eye which is a suspended walkway off the cliff. We sat for a bit off to the side just enjoying the mountains and scenery. So peaceful even with a lot of people around. We then enjoyed some refreshments at the Roundhouse lodge before deciding to ride Peak 2 Peak again (you can ride as many times across as you want but you can only upload once. Once you download from either Blackcomb or Whistler gondolas you can’t go back up). Unfortunately, a family from Atlanta broke the rules and tried to enter the gondola with the doors closing. These gondolas come with amazing safety features and most of it is all mechanical/hydraulic controlled. So with our door stuck partially open it shut down the entire system. I feel so terrible for anyone afraid of heights stuck in the middle for that time. The mother of the family that shut the ride down was afraid of heights which is why they hesitated to get on in the first place. They definitely did not give Americans a great image to the rest of the group. After several minutes of the workers looking worriedly at the system and not giving us assurance everything was good, they sent us on our way. Dave was confident in the machinery the entire time so I just relied on his calmness. It was a very awkward 11 minutes across due to the husband blaming everyone for the ordeal except for himself. Once across, we ended up riding the Blackcomb gondola back down instead of going back to Whistler as originally planned. As Dave nicely stated “I’m over people at this point.”

After running some errands we headed back early to the camper to hang with the pups and enjoy our last night at this campground. We thoroughly recommend this campground and area in general. Overall, an amazing day and ending to our time in Whistler.Read more