This morning, I woke up at 6:30am, packed up my fully -loaded backpack, and began making my way to Burrard station for the 8am bus departure to Whistler.
I arrived at Burrard Station at exactly 8am, a few minutes before the bus departed. About two hours later, the bus dropped us off at th entrance to Whistler Village. Upon arriving, I walked over to the visitor center to ask for some recommendations for day hikes in the area. Because it was already 10:30am, so decided to delay hiking on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain until tomorrow, when I would be able to start hiking early in the morning and make them most out of the $60/day lift ticket.
Instead, based on the recommendation of the visitor center, I boarded a bus to Olympic Village, about 20 minutes away from Whistler Village where the HI-Hostel I would be staying at was also located. She recommended a couple of hikes within walking distance of the hostel, which she assured me would be very scenic.
I arrived at the hostel at about 12pm, left my bag in storage, and left the hostel to begin the hike at around 12:30pm. The hike began right off the road, and followeda fast-moving, powerful river for a couple of miles until Logger’s lake. Logger’s Lake is located inside the crater of a volcano, whch is probably why the lake was fully surrounded by a higher ground. Once I arrived at the lake, I merged onto the Crater Rim Trail, which circled the entire lake through the mountains and higher ground around the lake. After competing the Crater Rim Trail, I retraced my steps on the Riverside Trail and walked back to the hostel.
Once at the hostel, I checked-in and showered, and got ready to spend the evening in Whistler Village. While waiting at the bus stop, I started a conversation with a young middle-eastern guy who was also staying at the hostel. He was born and raised in Morocco, but has been living in France for the past eight years. He is currently finishing up a one month Roadtrip that he started on the eastern part of Canada. We had a nice conversation about our travels, and exchanged contact informative before parting ways in Whistler Village, where he would be hiking for a few hours on a nearby trail.
Upon arriving in Whistler Village, I walked through the Village and eventually decided to eat at the Warehouse Restaurant where all of the food items are only $4.95. I ordered a veggie burger, fries, and beer for about $13 including tax and tip. After eating, I continued walking through the village and came across a live concert in a large-grassy area in the village. The music at the concert was a hippie/love/free-spirited type of music, likely catering to the Wanderlust Yoga crowd, which are visiting Whistler this weekend for the Wanderlust event.
After sitting and watching the concert for about an hour, the Moroccan guy on the bus called me, and came to meet me at the concert. From there, we went out to eat at the $4.95 Warehouse Restaurant where I ordered another meal.
After eating, we headed over to Garfunkel Bar/Club where there was a skateboarding competition/event happening in the bar that night. We stayed for about an hour, watching the skateboarders warming up and casually skateboarding on the wooden floors of the bar. At about 11:30pm, we left the bar and boarded a bus back to the hostel.
