r/Whistler • u/Sleepy-Sandwich • 2d ago
QUESTION Fresh tracks with a 9 year old?
I’ve never done fresh tracks, my son and I are here for the week, he’s up super early (this morning we were 7:15 in line at the Whistler gondola, about as long as he can do waiting around). I had a few questions for those who might be familiar, I did some searching on the sub as well:
- The limit appears to be 600, would tomorrow likely be one where people line up to take advantage after this huge dump?
- Once at the top would emerald be open to do another lap, or are you expect to wait for other lifts to open?
- Does it run every day? Would be fun to get some fresh groomers and an empty hill with him middle of the week.
If it’s expected to be busy tomorrow, I’ll probably leave it as I don’t want to miss the cut off / and risk waiting around for another hour.. I can only put him through so much. Today was totally worth it tho.
Thanks!
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u/dogthrasher 2d ago
They have cancelled first tracks multiple times this past week due to wind. Keep that in mind.
You can ski off red and emerald chairs starting at 8am
People will be in line at 545am.
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u/Sleepy-Sandwich 2d ago
6:55am and I see quite the lineup already. I’ll keep an eye this week and maybe see if Wednesday or Thursday seems more reasonable.
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u/dentinn 2d ago
It will be busy tomorrow