From the majestic mountains in Whistler to towers in the city of glass, Vancouver

SOMEONE shouts “bears!” and we lurch to the front of the cable car to catch a glimpse of two black bears trundling through the snow-tinged undergrowth, hundreds of metres below at the foot of Whistler Mountain in British Columbia, Canada.

As we go higher into the pristine alpine vastness, you can see why it was chosen to host the Winter Olympics in 2010.