 |
Stage 2015/19 [A041] |
||
| Pemberton - Whistler (Highway 99 - Sea to Sky Highway) | |||
| ⇨ 22 mi / 36 km | |||
| ⇧ 703 m (garmin edge 1000) | |||
Cycling from Smithers, British Columbia to Vancouver.Stage from Pemberton to Whistler following Sea to Sky Highway. |
 Although today is only a short stage, we leave Pamberton quite early. The place Pamberton lost its importance with the end of the Cayoosh Gold Rush, the last gold rush around 1885, and when I look at our accommodation, I do not expect it to gain any importance in the short term. We leave Pamberton cycling along the One Mile Lake. |
 5 km south of Pamberton we take a first break and visit the Nairn waterfalls. I have read, that the water here falls down 60m into the deep. Being on site, the number appears on somewhat exaggerated. And indeed: the world waterfall database (worldwaterfalldatabase.com - yes, it really exists!) Confirms that the rumor of a 60m high fall exists indeed - a measurement however has shown that the falls are not even half as high. In the world waterfall database I find the hint, that the waterfall is not very photogenic, since it is very difficult to get the waterfall in full on a photo. Well, at least this we can confirm with the photo above. |
 We follow the Sea-to-Sky-Highway to Green Lake. Up to this point we drove on the road and did not get lost. |
 From Green Lake, however, there is a network of cycle paths, which are equipped with tunnels, bridges and overpasses. Here we presumably took one turn too much. |
 We arrive at the hotel in the early afternoon, check in and visit one of the top attraction of this place: the Superfly Zipline. |
| The World's Most Spectacular Ziplines - Official Superfly Whistler Commercial from Superfly Ziplines & Treetops on Vimeo |
 Beer of the day: Whistler Bear Paw Honey from the Whistler Brewing Company. A local beer from a local brewery. We drink a toast to the the bear we saw the day before. |