So I think I am going to go to Whistler for spring break. March 3rd-8th. Could even go March 2nd.
I can fly in to Vancouver with reward miles for a decent price, or Seatec for a STEAL. First curiousity-for $200 savings would you fly in to Seatec over Vancouver? Or is the drive through Seattle/crossing the boarder that much of a hassle?
I enjoy the idea of stepping off the plane in Vancouver vs. Seattle. Getting my rental, driving down to W. Hastings and going to the BCMP and spending $5 to vape, and then finding some nugs. Go check out the pacific ocean real quick (as I would land on a noon-1pm flight), and make sure to be on the road for Whistler before dark (I hate driving in the dark in new/unknown areas, especially mountain passes or areas where it can DUMPPPP).
I hear the Sea to Sky highway is a breeze, is that right?
With nugs on topic, is it really that easy to just go down to W. Hastings and look around patiently?
Restaurants in Whistler....anything worth checking out? Cheap or expensive
I read and see that Whistler/Blackcomb has glacier fields....with crevasses. How much of a problem is this for you? Do you have collapsing bridges quite often? Are the crevasses marked? Never had to deal with this sort of a problem before. Just avalanche concerns, but ski patrol does a great job in Utah.
Are any of the guides @ Whistler worth it? I would literally spend $350 a day, but since I am a Whistler newb I have no clue where the stashes are, or where it is even safe in the slackcountry. My dumbass would traverse all the way out to a fresh pow field that is really untouched because it is full of slots, and I would try and blast down it with hopes of not dying. Big costs for those guides but maybe I would learn some stuff.
These crevasses are a bit of a concern for me, as we have no way to get any training or experience with anything regarding mountains, or mountain rescue in Michigan. I come out west and I just don't have the necessary mountaineering skills to say I feel totally comfortable flying over....5...6..15ft wide snow bridges? I have never even seen a crevasse in real life so I have no idea how big they would be.
Any bars in Whistler that are a must see? Live music venues?
