Things to do
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Audain Art Museum
Whistler's best plan for a day of cloud is in the village: a building among the cedars holding Indigenous masks, the largest permanent display of Emily Carr's paintings and Vancouver photo-conceptualism. Give it one to two hours.
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Brandywine Falls
Seventy metres of free fall over a lava cliff into a green pool, in a provincial park beside the highway south of Whistler. The walk from the car park takes under ten minutes, crossing the railway on a footbridge to a caged platform at the lip. Daisy Lake and the spike of Black Tusk fill the view beyond. The lot is small and fills on summer afternoons, and winter access depends on snow clearing.
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Peak 2 Peak Gondola
Linking the tops of the two mountains in about eleven minutes, a cabin lift whose central span hangs free for more than three kilometres, at times four hundred metres above the valley floor. Two cabins have glass floors and a separate queue. It carries skiers in winter and walkers through summer, reaching the alpine trails and the glacier viewpoint. Cloud can swallow the whole ride.
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Whistler Blackcomb
Either mountain on its own would rank among the five biggest ski areas in North America, and the Peak 2 Peak gondola lets you ski both in a day, crossing three kilometres of open air with no tower in between.
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Lost Lake Park
A short walk or a free shuttle from the village reaches a small lake with a sand beach, a dock and water warm enough to swim by midsummer. Trails loop the shore and climb into the trees, shared with mountain bikes. In winter the network is groomed for cross-country skiing, with one loop lit for evenings. A separate beach at the far end is given over to dogs.
