Whistler Via Ferrata Tour
Experience this unique and exhilarating hiking and climbing adventure to the summit of Whistler. “Via Ferrata” is an engineered vertical pathway with fixed cables for protection and metal rungs for easier climbing.
Challenge yourself to do this while you are in Whistler!
No climbing experience needed. Stunning views and a real sense of accomplishment await you at the top! Suitable for adults and teens with moderate fitness.
Options
Via Ferrata (No Lift Ticket)
Lift Tickets Are Not Included : Contact our office on [email protected] or 604 938 9242 to purchase the Summer Sightseeing Lift Ticket if you don't have one.
What's included in Whistler Via Ferrata Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)At the top of the gondola, the guide will outfit you with a harness and helmet. The group then hikes for 30-45 minutes across the base of the glacier. There is a small scrambling section before we clip into the safety cables and begin climbing up. Step and grab onto the rungs to climb up. At halfway up, we stop for water, snacks and photos. Then we continue climbing up the peak of Whistler Mountain.
Inclusions
- Helmet and harness. Hiking boots available if required
- Local, professional guide
- All climbing and glacier equipment
- Peak 2 Peak Gondola Ticket is required and not included. Please contact MSAA to purchase lift ticket
- Snacks and water
- Guide gratuity (suggested)
- Transportation
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- What to bring: Hiking shoes, gloves, small backpack, water, snacks, rain jacket
- Suitable for beginners (no climbing experience required)
- Includes all climbing equipment
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Minimum age is 12 years
- Peak 2 Peak Gondola Ticket is required and not included. Please contact MSAA to purchase lift ticket
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- • 9:00am: Garbanzo Bike & Bean Patio, opposite Whistler Village Gondola • 1:30pm: MSAA Whistler Mountain top Adventure Cabin Directions: To get to our MSAA Whistler Mountain top Adventure Cabin please take the Whistler Gondola all the way to the top (the second stop).
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
If you have purchased the Whistler Blackcomb Gondola Lift Tickets from MSAA please read below on how to get your Tickets . If you do not have, but require Whistler Blackcomb Gondola Lift Tickets, please call 1-604-938-9242 or email [email protected] to purchase them with your tour. If you are booked onto the morning tour the guide will have the tickets with them at the meeting location. If you are booked onto the afternoon tour please collect the tickets from our Adventure Desk located inside the Carleton Lodge (opposite the Garbanzo Cafe & Canadian Wilderness01) before taking the gondola (aim to load the Whistler Gondola no later than 60min before your tour start time).
