We took a gondola cable car most of the way up Whistler Mountain, an ascent lasting half an hour with plenty of photo opportunities for @shepherdmanswife, and then walked across to a chair lift, passing mountain bikers passing at speed in the opposite direction. The chair lift took us high up across the rocky slopes, patterned with pockets of ice, and then deposited us at the summit. This was an interesting experience for me. I have been on quite a few gondolas, cable cars and chair lifts, and this time I could enjoy the experience without the uncomfortable bit. The skiing.
