realskiers

Byron:
Gary will probably chime in at some point, he has a friend that has/had a place at Whistler and has skied up there a number of times.  We stayed in the village and could walk the two blocks to the lift each morning. Pay attention to the weather, because the weather at different altitudes can be a lot different.  There is a recent peak to peak gondola, unless you have a problem with heights I think that would be a great ride (it wasn't built yet when I was there).

The drive from Vancouver to Whistler is just plain beautiful. I assume that there are bus and train options from Vancouver as well, but we were driving up from Seattle. Depending on how you feel about drives, flying into Seattle and driving up might be an option.