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Vancouver avoiding the Olympics
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With friends having emigrated to Vancouver last year, too good an opportunity not to go and visit this Winter. However we decided to avoid the Olympics as my wife has no interest in skiing and they were bound to affect the cost of flights. So flying out on 27th Feb and back 10 days later, just catching the closing ceremony of the main event and back before the Paralympics.

Now need to think about getting away for a couple of days skiing while I'm there. Whistler is my preferred place but not sure about getting there by public transport and possibly staying there for a night. Anyone here been there for a couple of days skiing?
Alternatively there are a couple of mountains overlooking the city but again not sure about accessability nor the amount of skiing available up there. Either way I still expect the areas to be affected by the Olympic "sandwich".

Any advice on the city or skiing gratefully accepted. I have been to both Whistler and Vancouver before but it was basically the usual travel agent arranged couple of weeks skiing in Whistler.
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Pistes or not? If not Mt Baker sarf of the border provided El Nino hasn't been too cruel. Might be decent hotel deals between Olympic & Paralympic void period in Whistler though (pure guess)
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there is a Greyhound bus from Vancouver to Whistler - don't know exact times but there are certainly a few every day. takes about 2 hours. i have taken an early and managed to get a reasonable amount of skiing in on the same day.

with a car you can do a day trip but it is quite a long day

they have supposedly put in a rail link in time for the olympics but don't know too much about that
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Cymru am Byth, For the local hills:

Grouse will be closed for the Olympics.

Seymour, Cypress, Hemlock & Manning should be OK for a days skiing.

x2 for Baker.
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