Originally Posted by
dulciusexasperis
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If you actually want 'outdoors' in Canada, then by my definition of 'outdoors', you spend a week backpacking in one of the National/Provincial Parks, or canoeing in a place like Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario. You don't go to Whistler for a day or take a ride up Grouse Mountain on the gondola. Or visit Niagara Falls for a day and call that 'outdoors'. There are plenty of far better places to experience the outdoors in Canada, than Whistler....
While I won’t dignify your insulting post by quoting the entire thing, I will point out what the OP asked for, bolded for your convenience in case reading comprehension is an issue:
Originally Posted by
flyingjonny
6 days - YVR and surrounding area
What should we do? Guide books are all well and good but what do the real experts, the folks who live and frequent here think we should do?
2 of us (wife and I), Pretty active, love hiking, running and generally exploring the outdoors.
Last time I checked, Algonquin Park was some 4200kms from Vancouver. Hardly fits his requirements of ‘YVR and surrounding area’, which was what I responded to. And ‘think’ generally means opinions which is exactly what I gave - an opinion. If one stating an opinion that differs from your so obviously vastly superior knowledge of all things outdoors equals ‘the height of arrogance and presumption’ then I apologize for offending your poor little snowflake sensibilities.
And there is far, far more to the Whistler area than the Village or a gondola ride.