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I can't see clearly now

I read the comprehensive book my travel agent prepared for me for our trip to Western Canada again last night . It said the Peak 2 Peak experience at Whistler would give me spectacular views over the mountains . Clearly the weather gods had not read the book, we got spectacular views of low cloud mist and drizzle

To use the Peak 2 peak you have to take a gondola either up Whistler or Blackcomb mountain which takes about 25 minutes . You then take the Peak 2 Peak that crosses over the Fitzsimmons Creek valley between the two mountains and it feels like you are hanging in space . Perhaps the weather that day meant it was fairly quiet we shared a cabin with two Canadian women who rode it regularly and clearly loved it . On the return trip we were on our own, what was odd was how quiet the machine was it was very peaceful and dreamlike slowly drifting through the mist across space .

I am not one for getting excited by engineering but this was an exception the design of this thing was clearly of a very high quality . A few facts about the peak 2 peak . It is the worlds highest lift of its type , it's the worlds longest unsupported span . The total length is 2.7 miles of which 1.8 is unsupported by any towers the highest point is 1427 feet above the valley bottom .

At the top of Whistler mountain you can even climb higher and walk across the Cloudraker Skybridge and Raven’s Eye Cliff Walk. This was pretty scary but I will post a shot of it sometime

 

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Uploaded on November 24, 2023
Taken on September 9, 2019