Clarke's Whistler

The place is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend it.

The chalet was perfect for our family. At times we had 7 people staying comfortably in this large 2 bedroom top floor home. We used both of the decks, one that has an excellent bbq and outdoor, covered seating the other having a clean, well maintained hot tub. We used the kitchen for many of our meals and it was very well stocked with not only the usual necessities but items like cooking oil, some herbs and spices, sugar and a great espresso maker along with a drip coffee maker (with filters). The large refrigerator, dishwasher and oven made cooking and preparing meals for 7 people enjoyable.

The layout is open with the kitchen looking over into the dining room and living room. Great peak through views from all of these areas. (Hot tub has a nice view of the high alpine on the west side of Alta lake) The dining room has plenty of seating with extra chairs available in the closets.

The living room is spacious with the fireplace being the main draw. Even though it was summer, there was firewood and kindling to easily start fires in the large stone fireplace. We ended up having 3 fires in the fireplace during our week. In the winter, I could see lighting a fire as soon as you got back from skiing and keeping it going the rest of the night. There is firewood in many places, out on the deck, on the landing outside the front door and in the carport so you won't run out! The firewood is dry, making it easy to light and it burns great. It is complimentary, provided by the owner.

The beds were comfortable and the bedding was clean and comfortable as well. Lots of storage in the closets and chest of drawerswith a washer and dryer that is always nice to have available. The jetted tub in the master ensuite was clean, large and worked well. Again, like the kitchen, the bathrooms were well stocked soap for the tub and the sink, shampoo and conditioner and plenty of towels and toilet paper. Even shaving cream! Did not run out of hot water, even with 7 people!

Three of the teenage children shared the second bedroom and were very comfortable in the queen sized bottom bunk and single top bunk. The other two children(also teenagers) used the pullout queen sofa bed which they were very comfortable on. (They weren't too thrilled with me making coffee at 8 in the morning though) Games to play, cds to listen to and movies to watch along with TV. The internet was excellent with everyone using their devices with no issue (5 teenagers=many devices and much bandwith demand, not to mention the parents!)

Forgot to mention earlier, plenty of propane for the Weber BBQ on the deck. We brought our little Norwich terrier with us and she was right at home from the start. We biked all around, as the Valley trail connects Nordic estates (THE area where the chalet is located in) with many of the lakes nearby. Alta is a large lake 5 minutes ride from the chalet (going downhill). It has dog friendly parks like Lakeside and Rainbow. The parks are great for days at the beach with large grassy areas, swimming, sand volley ball courts with nets. Lost lake is also biking distance also on the Valley trail and is northeast slightly of Whistler village with a beautiful large grassy area, docks to swim to. Nit lake has a rope swing, Alpha lake (another lake just south of Alta lake) also has the excellent, what I call, Whistler beach which is the large, green grass sunning area with a small sandy beach leading into the water. We spent part or all of our 7 days at one of these spots. Swimming, paddle boarding or rubber boat boating could all be done at the beaches. At the end of some of the days, the kids would bike into the village for ice cream, a midnight swim or both. I would pick them up as it was a challenging ride back up the hill although our 14 year old managed it 3 times! (I got halfway but walking the bike is exercise too) We played golf and lots of tennis with 8 great public courts within a 5 or 10 minute drive.

Finally, (I know it is a bit of a long post with too many (but we forgot to write in the guest book:), the manager, Damian and the owner Jimi were excellent to work with providing us with a reliable payment and agreement process. They answered all our questions by email or text quickly and thoroughly. We will be going back in the near future, I hope, to Clarke's Whistler Highcamp (great name!) We would be happy to communicate with you directly, just reach out to Damian and we will authorize him to give you our email address.
Andrew and Susan

Everything about our stay was great and we enjoyed our time in Whistler.