The Whistler Book. Jack Christie

      

       JACK CHRISTIE

      THE Expanded & Updated

      WHISTLER

       BOOK

       AN ALL-SEASON OUTDOOR GUIDE

      Copyright © 2009 by Jack Christie

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      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Christie, Jack, 1946 – The Whistler book : an all-season outdoor guide / Jack Christie. —Rev. and updated ed.

      ISBN-print: 978-1-55365-4 47-6

       ISBN-ebook: 978-1-926812-34-2

      1. Whistler Mountain Region (B.C.)—Guidebooks. 2. Outdoor recreation—

      British Columbia—Whistler Mountain Region—Guidebooks. I. Title.

      FC3845.W49C56 2009 917.11’31045 C2009-903763-7

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       For Louise For Derrick and Dixon Thompson For Randy Stoltmann and John Clarke (Xwexwselken)

      Contents

Preface

Introduction

SQUAMISH

1 Squamish Area

2 Diamond Head

3 Squamish and Paradise Valleys

4 Alice Lake Provincial Park

5 Squamish Bike Routes

       6 Cat Lake and Brohm Lake Interpretive Forest

       WHISTLER

       7 Black Tusk and Garibaldi Lake

       8 Brandywine Falls Provincial Park

       9 Callaghan Valley

       10 Cheakamus River and the Whistler Interpretive Forest

       11 Cheakamus Lake

       12 Whistler Mountain

       13 Valley Trail

       14 River of Golden Dreams

       15 Blackcomb

       16 Rainbow Mountain

       17 Singing Pass

       18 Whistler Bike Routes

       19 Cougar Mountain and Ancient Cedars Grove

       20 Wedgemount Lake

       PEMBERTON

       21 Whistler to Pemberton

       22 Nairn Falls Provincial Park

       23 Pemberton and Area

       24 Pemberton Bike Routes

       25 Lillooet Headwaters

       26 Mount Currie to D’Arcy

       27 Birkenhead Lake Park

       28 Barkley Valley

       29 In-SHUCK-ch Forest Service Road

       30 Duffey Lake Road

       31 Lillooet and Beyond

       LIST OF MA PS

Overview

Squamish and Area

Diamond Head

Squamish and Paradise Valleys

Alice Lake Park

       Paradise Valley/Cat and Brohm Lakes

       Garibaldi Lake and Black Tusk

       Brandywine Falls/Callaghan Lake/Cheakamus River

       Cheakamus Lake/Whistler Mountain

       Whistler

       Whistler to Pemberton

       Lillooet Headwaters

       Pemberton and Birkenhead Lake

       In-SHUCK-ch Road

       Duffey Lake Road–Fraser Canyon