While Gillian and Andrew were out with us in the US recently, we went on a holiday to Whistler, or as they call it here "The biggest ski area in North America". Now of course, compared to your Coursheval it's not that large, but there are upwards of 7,000 skiable acres, and we made it our mission to ski pretty much all of them! (not that we managed). Enjoy the snaps!
Going through customs to Canada - it's a whole different country up there. It was very strange to be seeing French everywhere again. |
We all know they transport logs in Canada by floating them down the river, right? |
Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Whistler |
There's a wonderful view from the top - especially on a fine day |
Andrew and Gillian came with us as they were staying with us in the US at the time. We will make black-run skiiers of them yet! |
This one's for Andrew's screensaver - what a view! |
Starting to look quite like home already... |
It was amazing - we pretty much had the place to ourselves for quite a bit of the time. |
We're finally starting to get the hang of moguls - and starting to enjoy them too! (This felt so much steeper than it looks.) |
This is a lake we nearly skiied right into earlier in the morning (It was really cloudy first thing, apart from right at the top, and we came past this after going into the clouds first time round - good thing we stayed right on the trail!) |
We went in April, and there was still plenty of snow, but on the bright side, there was also still plenty of sun (check out that tan!) |
Enjoying the afternoon sun together. What a great holiday. |