The last neighbourhood before leaving the Resort Municipality of Whistler, and located to the west of Green Lake, Whistler’s largest lake, is the tranquil neighbourhood of Emerald Estates. While only a 10 minute drive north of Whistler Village, Emerald feels worlds away from the lively resort and throngs of visitors.  Divided by the Sea to Sky Highway, Emerald Estate single family homes on the east side of the highway offer easy lake access to the lake, with lake and mountain views. Summers can be spent boating and wakeboarding and winters will often find impromptu ice hockey games and snow kiters tacking back and forth on the frozen lake. To the west of the highway is where the majority of the neighbourhood lies, and homes here offer some of the largest lot sizes in Whistler valley. Surrounded by a forest of trees, Emerald Estates is the quintessential idea of mountain lifestyle living with bike trails and hiking paths right outside your backdoor.  With the Rainbow & Baxter Creek development a 5 minute drive away, it’s easy to gas up and pick up that forgotten grocery item at Sewak’s ‘Independent’ Grocer.