Until the Peak-to-Peak Gondola had it\u2019s first summer of operation in 2009 (it opened December 2008), not many people had hiked the trails on top of Blackcomb Mountain. Before this, the only ways to access it were by taking the Solar Coaster Express Chairlift to the top, while skiing was still going on in the glacier area, or face a long, arduous hike up the ski runs from the village.<\/p>\n
However, with Whistler Blackcomb actively marketing summer activities on the mountains, this has opened up the trails through Blackcomb Meadows<\/a> and made it easy to access scenic areas such as Blackcomb Lake and the Overlord Viewpoint. For the average hiker, all of the trails can be completed in a mere few hours, including the black diamond trail, which is more of an intermediate climb, called Decker\u2019s Loop. This video gives a pretty good idea as to what to expect:<\/p>\n