All any skier really wants is to wake up to news that their favorite mountain has received 16 inches of snow overnight, but when that dump takes place over the weekend after a snow-starved start to winter, it can spell congested runs and interminable lines for the lifts. Skiers and snowboarders at Whistler learned just that on Saturday, when social media users shared footage of horrendous lift lines snaking for long enough to make even the most enthusiastic skier think twice.
One video, which you watch below, was posted by X user Graeme McRanor and shows a seemingly endless queue of eager skiers stretching along Sea-to-Sky Highway and Lake Placid Road as they wait to board the Creekside Gondola. Though it's not clear how long the line is, the video lasts for a full 19 seconds before losing sight of the queue as it disappears around the corner. Other skiers posted online about waiting up to 90 minutes to board a chairlift at the resort on the same day.
