Our award-winning West Vancouver webcam is perched up on the hillside in West Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), a Venue City for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The February 12-28 2010 Winter Olympics (the third Olympics hosted by Canada after the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary), were held in Vancouver with some events held in the nearby resort town of Whistler.
You can also watch what the webcam shot for the last 24 hours:
This West Vancouver webcam is facing south and is located on the Skilift Road, at an altitude of 200 m from sea level, above Highway 1 (part of Trans-Canada route) to Whistler and just minutes from Lion’s Gate Bridge.
If you look closely you can see:
Bottom center of the picture - the upper levels of Highway 1 near Exit 10, when the trees are leafless ;-)
In the center, the high-rise buildings bordering the West Vancouver Sea Walk from Ambleside Park (1.6 km) to the Dundarave Pier (1.3 km)
Further up, over the Burrard Inlet from left to right: Stanley Park (5 km), Downtown Vancouver (8 km), Kitsilano Beach (8 km) and Jericho Beach (8 km).
Apart from this free webcam viewing, the same spectacular Downtown Vancouver and ocean views can be enjoyed while dining at Salmon House on the Hill Restaurant, an unforgettable West Coast cuisine experience.
West Vancouver Webcam Tech Specs:
The Webcam used is Logitech Webcam Pro 9000:
2 Megapixel sensor (1600x1200 pixels)
Carl Zeiss® optics
Very low light sensitivity through "RightLight Technology"
The server is using Linux hosted on an Acer laptop PC (no audible noise and immune to power failures that last less than 4 hours). The linux server is capturing the images every 5 minutes and posts them our web page - Go Daddy linux hosting.
Depending on the time of the day and the amount of sunlight or fog, images of the West Vancouver, Stanley Park and Downtown Vancouver may appear faded. The best times to view this webcam are early morning, afternoon, and early evening (Pacific Time).
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