Whistler Washout
Again! The Creek beneath Shannon Falls It has not been a great year for Whistler, the snow was late arriving, closely followed by warm weather and rain. The week-long freeze and subsequent snow did not lay enough of a base for Whistler to get through the latest warm, wet spell. After our wet Whistler Christmas, we headed up the Sea-to-Sky highway on Monday 29th in rain, fog and 8c. Waterfalls of varying sizes were cascading down the rocks alongside the highway from the combined rain and snowmelt and the creeks were thunderous. We stopped off at the Shannon Falls on the way up, the third highest falls in BC. The volume of water was such that it was impossible to see the main falls because of the spray showering us from 50' away. It was quite a sight and sound. We felt like we were in the falls! The creek running off at the base of the falls It is not only Whistler that it 'enjoying' the warm weather. All three ski centres on Vancouver's North Shore - Grouse, C