Squamish to Pemberton

We accidently overslept again on the next morning, and had to skip our planned breakfast of pancakes for Nutella on bread instead. Rather disappointing. It’s not surprising when you know that a large group of “youths” moved in to the campsite right across from us the night before, and sounded like about 100 people until some ungodly hour.

Our first stop of the day was Brandywine falls, which are a very short walk from the main car park area. The car park was closed off, I assume to prevent people sleeping in their cars in there during the busy Winter season, so we parked outside and walked in. I would describe them as the neatest set of waterfalls I have ever seen. You wouldn’t guess the gentle creek you cross is about to flood over a sheer cliff in a beautiful curtain of water. Apparently you can walk to the bottom of the falls from somewhere just down the road. But we weren’t aware of that and didn’t really have the time.

The native language has the number 7 in it to represent a pause...

We saw a chipmonk near our car on the way out!

 The next stop was a walk to the train wreck just South of Whistler. The internet said it was a 2hour walk, but we probably only took about 1hour. And it was very easy walking, but definitely worth it.

 We then stopped in Whistler, for a look-see. It is a very strange town. The main part of town is basically the ski hill village, and I had to walk AGES to find a toilet! It feels very uncanadian to me, overly commercialised, and also very over-priced. The day lift ticket is $140! I mean, I know it’s a massive ski hill, but there’s still only the same amount of hours of skiing. Over-all, we really didn’t like Whistler at all. Me mostly because I couldn’t find a toilet when I needed one!!

 We drove down the road a bit, and by this time it was raining quite steadily, so we sat in the car to eat lunch. It was then on to Nairn Falls, which is a bit more of a walk than Brandywine. It is equally as impressive in its own way. It was impossible to get a good photo of the main falls because there was a bit of rock in the way. They kind of flow in to a series of deep pot holes that then continue to flow to the waterfall pictured. We got absolutely drenched and our jackets were basically dripping by the time we got back to the car.