Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers

Sea to Sky Gondola page 2 of 2
July 15, 2015

After crossing over the Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge, people told the two RV Gypsies that they can hike the trails but the area where they are standing will soon be closed off for a wedding. Lee took two quick panorama photos from this area and then to two RV Gypsies ventured off onto the trails.
panoroma of the wedding area
panorama

There are several short and mostly flat walking trails that start near the lodge, looping through thick forest and to lookout platforms.

The mile Spirit Trail loop was dotted with signs telling the history of the Squamish First Nation, an Indian group whose ancestral lands included the area.

The mile-long Panorama Trail winds through tall firs and cedars to a dramatic viewing platform cantilevered off a cliff with a 360-degree view.

Hardier hikers can use the gondola for quick access to miles of backcountry trails that climb deeper and higher into the mountains. Or they can hike up from the gondola base for a vertical workout and reward themselves with cold beer at the Summit Lodge (not for the two RV Gypsies of course).
sign: about the summit and trails Spirit Trail sign
sign: a history in Nature
summit trail map
sign: Birds that may be seen here

The two RV Gypsies followed the sign to the Olesen Falls Viewpoint but there was not any waterfall. But they could see a path where a waterfall must have been at one time.
sign: Olesen Falls viewpoint view of the falls that are not there
view of the falls that are not there
sign: plants in the area
panorama trail sign viewing platform sign
viewing platform scenery
a messed up panorama shot
Karen Duquette the two RV Gypsies
scenery scenery
Karen Duquette
Karen Duquette
sign about animals in the area

The trails looped back to the lodge. There is a trail to and from the lodge from here so that people can bypass the suspension bridge, but of course the two RV Gypsies chose to walk over the Sky Pilot Suspension bridge one more time (that is why there are so many photos of them on the bridge).
the lodge and gift shop

Time to ride the gondola back down the mountain.

Looking out the window of the gondola, the two RV Gypsies saw people hiking up the mountain, and the man even had a dog on his back.
people hiking up the mountain people hiking up the mountain

Below: The two RV Gypsies got a look at the rough climb the people shown above have ahead of them. The two RV Gypsies wondered how they even got that far.
people hiking up the mountain big boulders
looking dwon the mountain looking dwon the mountain
looking dwon the mountain looking dwon the mountain
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