The 100 day season!: peak to creek

Happy HO HO HO!! Last day of Adventure Camp and I only had the two brothers from Toronto. My plan was to hit the Peak to Creek run after lunch but the boys seemed a little tired and whiney all morning. We did quite a few runs in the AM but the younger one kept complaining about pain in his ankle. I couldn't quite figure if he was really in pain or if he was just looking for attention. When we stopped for hot chocolate, he faked limped in the CLC.

During lunch I convinced the boys to take a run down Peak to Creek. We got off the gondola and headed down to the Peak Chair. I guess the younger kid wasn't faking because he was saying he was in a lot of pain on that short run and seemed to be on the brink of tears. There went the run of the day and we headed down to the CLC to call his mom. He decided to leave and rest his ankle so I brought him to the village, Mom signed him out, and his brother and I headed back up to the Alpine for one last run of the day.

We had three classes of kids and 5 instructors working this AM. I was the first to opt out. It probably wasn't the best move on my part since I was guaranteed a level 3 class and there was only one kid in that level. But honestly, I didn't feel like freezing my butt off all day again. The inversion is still happening so it wasn't as cold in the Alpine as it was at lunch level but I didn't care.

Instead of working, I decided to head up to the top and take a couple runs before I headed home to chill-lax for the day. Little did I know the sun was shining on a blue sky in the Alpine and the winds were calm. Seemed like a perfect day to try Peak to Creek!

Peak to Creek is the longest intermediate run in North America. The total distance of the run is 3.3miles! It winds along the back of Whistler Mountain and ends up at Creekside. On a day like today, the scenery is amazing. I didn't wander off the groomed run as the snow is starting to get a little crusty and it has lost all of its light fluffy-ness (sniff, cry).

I tried to capture the essence of the peak, the beauty, and the vastness with the video. I hope you get the idea. I also took a few pics.