Whistler
The Sea to Sky Highway Wed August 16 Sea to Sky Highway in the 50's I have no idea how many times we have driven the Sea to Sky Highway to get to and from Whistler, and beyond. The first time was in 2013, when Ros spent a year working for ZipTrek, having transferred from their operation in NZ. We have seen it when the snow started at the Vancouver end and at times when only when we've got close to Whistler has the snow been evident. The first half of the drive runs along Howe Sound, until just before Squamish, when the gentle climb starts up to Whistler. The road has not changed in the ten years we've been driving it, though it is very different to the 50's when the road was on a par with today's Forest Service Roads. The road we know today was originally started during the early 1900's when copper mining started at the Britannia Mine (1904), just below Squa mish. There is believed to be an older First Nations trading trail before that....