Stats: 11.5 km / 580m gain / 2051m high point / 3:15 hours MT
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We took the Peak to Peak gondola from Whistler to Blackcomb Mt. It has the world's longest unsupported span for a lift of this kind (3 km).
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The view south from the gondola.
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We started out from the Rendezvous Lodge on the Alpine trail -- view north. Soon the Alpine trail turned into the Overlord trail.
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Whistler Mt. with the Black Tusk to the left -- west.
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Blackcomb Mt. -- east.
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Cotton Grass.
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Blackcomb Peak.
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The Black Tusk - I've summited it 3 times.
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The Musical Bumps left of Whistler Peak.
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The Trorey Glacier.
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Most of the alpine flowers were finished but a few at the higher levels were still blooming.
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Looking back at the ridge we'd just climbed. This is the steepest part of the Decker Loop.
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Blackcomb Peak from the highest point on the trail.
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Fitzsimmons Range + the Musical bumps in the foreground.
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Decker Tarn below us. The was the farthest point on the trail.
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The Overlord Glacier.
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Decker Tarn.
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A second smaller Lake Loop takes you past Blackcomb Lake.
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These young marmots seemed to be posing for me.
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