These photos tell it all, really. But a few words cant hurt. We headed up to Whistler on one of their busiest days. All the indications for crowds were there - Presidents day in the US, weekend, fresh powder and sunshine - we should have known. The line up for the Blackcomb chairlift ran down into the village. Nevertheless, no matter how many hundreds, or thousands, of people were there that day, we still felt like we got a piece of untouched snow. Whistler/Blackcomb is so big, crowds dont seem to bother you when you're actually skiing. We decided to go for Blackcomb, and stick around there all day. Getting to the top takes a while, its a big mountain, and we had to take a few chairlifts to get to the top. Well worth it
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