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Whistler, B.C., Canada
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Whistler, B.C.

Highway 99, also known as the Sea to Sky Highway, the Squamish Highway, Route 99, and/or Whistler
Highway, is the major north-south artery running through the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia
from the U.S. border, listed as one of the best road trips in Canada.



The Whistler Highway ( Route 99 ) provides an excellent view, which was now well improved for the Winter
Olympic 2010. Whistler is located approximately 125 kms north of Vancouver. It has a permanent population
of about 10,000, plus a larger but rotating "transient" population of workers, typically younger people from
beyond BC, notably from Australia and Europe. Two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for
alpine skiing and mountain biking.
Source: Wikipedia


(L) Entering Whistler on Route 99 (R) A small lake along the Route 99

Whistler Village

(L) A restaurant/cafe in the center area of Whistler (R) All restaurants, cafe, bars are smoke-free in Whistler.

(L) Steel Olympic Logo structure (R) The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler

Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa and the notice that the entire facilities are smoke-free.

(L) Whistler Hotel Crystal Lodge (M) The Listel Hotel Whistler (R) Adara Hotel

(L) Mountainside Lodge Whistler (M) Whistler Village Inn (R) Blackcomb Lodge & Spa

(L) All facilities in Whistler are smoke-free. (M) Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre (R) A rent-car used for this trip.

(L) A sign board of Oympic Village Whistler 2010 (R) The temperature on June 23 was 10℃

A cafe and a toilet of the Hi Whistler Hotel, at the Olympic Vilage

Smoking Ban in Hotels
The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler 419 rooms/
all non-smoking
Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa 287 rooms/
all non-smoking
Whistler Hotel Crystal Lodge 158 rooms/
all non-smoking
The Listel Hotel Whistler 100 rooms/
all non-smoking
Adara Hotel 40 rooms/
all non-smoking
Mountainside Lodge Whistler 76 rooms/
all non-smoking
Whistler Village Inn 86 rooms/
all non-smoking
Blackcomb Lodge & Spa 70 rooms/
all non-smoking
Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre 183 rooms/
all non-smoking
Hi-Whistler Hotel 188 rooms/
all non-smoking
Legend:
Total guest rooms in the hotel/The numbers of smoking rooms

H
Smoking Restriction at Hotels in the World: Actual Survey
The ratio of a smoking guest room to the total hotel rooms was calculated,
based on the on-the-spot investigation.



2010年冬期オリンピック開催地、ウィスラー

ウィスラーは、ブリティッシュコロンビア州西部のリゾート都市である。定住人口はおよそ1万人。太平洋岸沿いの
山脈にあり、バンクーバーからおよそ125km北に位置する。毎年200万人以上の人々が訪れており、アルペンスキー
とマウンテンバイクが世界的によく知られている。2010年には冬期オリンピックの主要会場として使用された。
ここは熊の生息地としても知られている。しかし、数年続いた干ばつの影響でマツが枯れ、クマは住宅街で食べ物を
あさるようになった。住民はクマの生息地からの移住が奨励され、人とクマとの共存が図られた。鮮やかな色の
ステラーカケスは湖畔にその美しい姿を見せてくれた。ウイスラーは長野県軽井沢町との姉妹都市を終結している。

筆者は1974年、日本帰国前に、この地を訪れ、家族でチャカムス湖まで登山している。今回はそのなつかしい
思い出を踏襲する旅となった


(L) Cheakamus Lake Trail at the Garibaldi Provincial Park (R) Warning and suggestion how to cope with a wild bear

This is the entrance to the trail. A shed is a toilet.

A rich greenery and an old rock

A deep forest and deadfall

A primitive nature remains along the trail.

A map of Cheakamus Lake and the place the lake is flowing down to the river.

(L) Snow-capped mountain peaks and the Cheakamus Lake (R) A Steller's Jay with a dark-blue wing


Cheakamus Lake, which is located in the South of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada is the pristine area of
Cheakamus Lake resting high up in the mountains at an elevation of over 900 m. The mountains towering
around the lake stretch another 1600 m into the sky throwing reflections of snow-capped peaks back onto
the lake. The easy grade, very well maintained hard earth trail leading to Cheakamus Lake is 3 kms in length.
The trail wanders over wooden bridges spanning over creeks leading explorers through a swath of trees,
cushioned with moss and deadfall.

Cheakamus Lake

It was in the summer of 1974. A narrow debouchment of the lake into a river stream was coved with a thick
white snow, shinning with dazzling by sunlight. It was a very unforgettable memory. Thirty-seven years
after, the writer did a second trial to this Cheakamus Lake.

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2011年6月撮影 2011年7月執筆
執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.

The article was written and photographs were taken by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D.,PhD., in June-July 2011.
Copyright (C) 2011 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.


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