In the morning of the last day of our weekend in Whistler, M.N., W.W. and I had decided to go snowshoeing. We had to take a short walk from the Whistler Village to Lost Lake Passivhaus.

We crossed under this bridge where there was some pretty cool artwork.

Cross the blue bridge!




Here we are. Lost Lake PassivHaus. This used to be the home of the Austrian team during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Now it's a base for snowshoeing and cross country skiing rentals and lessons. We decided to try cross country skiing instead when we got there. It's has been a while since I've last done it. Last was in elementary school, I believe. It was only $25 for the pass to the trail and $30 for the ski rentals.

 Here we are at the start of the trail. Ready to for our big adventure!

The Lost Lake trail is the easiest one that loops around Lost Lake with mostly flat ground and a gentle downhill slopes. It takes about half an hour to go around the lake at a leisurely pace. The scenery is just gorgeous! It really was a winter wonderland that weekend. The snow was falling softly. The trees were coated in white. The silence of the forest. It was very serene.

As we progressed, around the trail, we could see the lake peeking out between the trees, covered in snow. So beautiful.






I thought cross country skiing was way more interesting than snowshoeing. I'm glad we chose to do this instead. In fact, I did it again 2 weeks later!

When my friends and I were at Whistler, it was during the Sochi Winter Olympics so the Whistler Sliding Centre had set up a demo station at the Whistler Olympic Plaza.

I was intrigued. After watching people doing it a few times, I convinced W.W. to try it with me. Looks fun. How hard can it be?




Safety first! We had to sign a waiver and wear these helmets.

Ok ready to go!... or not. The bobsleigh is higher than it looks. You have to jump with both feet up and over into the sled. Let's switch sides W.W., I can't jump.

Off we go!...We were very slow....M.N. was waiting for us at the finish where other people were watching and she said everyone said we were slow. HAHAHA. It was a failure. We didn't even continue sliding down after we got into the bobsleigh; it just came to a standstill! LMAO. IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!

Obviously a failure, but it was fun! For those interested, public bobsleigh is $169 at the Whistler Sliding Centre. It didn't occur to me that Whistler still had bobsledding as an option until I saw a Groupon for it recently!

The evening of the first day my friends and I were here was spent walking around and exploring. It was snowing that weekend and it made everything that much more magical.





I came back with my sister two weeks later and noticed the Paralympic symbol and Olympic torch statue and flags on the other side of the plaza.