Whistler is the best mountain for winter sports in North America and one of the best in the whole world! And because of that, it is freaking expensive!! I paid 155 Cad for the snowboarding package!! It was far more than what i expected!! And not to mention the extra petrol cost as one of my newfound UBC friends, Jonathan, drove us up in his Merc SUV...
On the way to Whistler via Sea to Sky Highway.. U can't even see the peak of the mountains!!And the clouds are so near us!!
Finally reached! Walking towards the mountains..
Whistler Village @ the foot of the mountains..
Stylish Pontiac!
Queuing for the gondola which brings us up the mountains...
Instructor attire.. They even have travellators on the mountains so that no one has to climb up the slopes!! Guess this contributes to part of the expensive package...
Joel & Zhenni
All geared up for some serious snowboarding!! -lol-
Learning area for noobs
Can't even see the peak even though this is aboutmid way up the Whistler mountain!
Our Japanese instructor!!
UBC snowboarding team!!After our class, Joel and Jonathan came to meet Zhenni and me and brought us up to 3/4 of the Whistler Mountain!! We are not really supposed to snowboard down from there as we are still noobs but i am not gonna leave Whistler without trying after paying so much!!
View of the sun @ 3/4 up the mountain..
View at 3/4 up the mountain..
Jonathan (L) & Joel (R)
The new Whistler gondola design prototype!
Team Canada?? -lol-
Taking a breather while snowboarding down..According to Joel, 3/4 of the mountain was around 2.2 km above sea level and snowboarding down will cover a distance of about 10 km!! The route down was so challenging and painful!! The number of times i fell on my spine and butt was much more than the number of times i fell in my entire life!!! And some of the slopes were damn steep!! There was this once i fell and a little Caucasian girl ski over and asked me if i was alright!! That was so embarrassing!! Can't even beat a small little girl!! haha.. but it is so common to see small kids as young as ard 5 yrs old who can ski or snowboard so well!! *envious*
Another reason why Whistler is so expensive and a tourist attraction is because it will be holding the Winter Olympic Games in 2010! In other words, i snowboarded on an Olympian mountain!! *gleaming with pride* Would really love to come again if money permits haha...
Anyway, thanks Joel for teaching us some basics of snowboarding while we were waiting for our class to start and also to Jonathan for driving us up!! Too bad we didn't go all the way to the peak because the lift that brings us up is only one way, which means we must snowboard down without any choice. For beginners, that is almost tantamount to suicide i guess... Anyway, it took me about an hr to reach the foot of the mountain!! Jonathan was telling me that Olympic athletes only take about 6-7 mins as they are travelling down at a speed of around 100km/h!! No wonder they have to wear helmets!
Snowboarding is so fun! Love the adrenaline rush, but paid a heavy price for it by suffering from butt, spine and leg aches. My neck was also aching the next day! Shows how snowboarding exercises the entire body.. Next update, the Canadian Rockies!!
Another reason why Whistler is so expensive and a tourist attraction is because it will be holding the Winter Olympic Games in 2010! In other words, i snowboarded on an Olympian mountain!! *gleaming with pride* Would really love to come again if money permits haha...
Anyway, thanks Joel for teaching us some basics of snowboarding while we were waiting for our class to start and also to Jonathan for driving us up!! Too bad we didn't go all the way to the peak because the lift that brings us up is only one way, which means we must snowboard down without any choice. For beginners, that is almost tantamount to suicide i guess... Anyway, it took me about an hr to reach the foot of the mountain!! Jonathan was telling me that Olympic athletes only take about 6-7 mins as they are travelling down at a speed of around 100km/h!! No wonder they have to wear helmets!
Snowboarding is so fun! Love the adrenaline rush, but paid a heavy price for it by suffering from butt, spine and leg aches. My neck was also aching the next day! Shows how snowboarding exercises the entire body.. Next update, the Canadian Rockies!!
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