Mountain Stats
Cypress Mountain has 9 Lifts!
6 Chair Lifts (2 high speed) and 3 Surface Lifts.
Lions Express High Speed Quad Chair
Eagle Express High Speed Quad Chair
Raven Ridge Quad Chair
Easy Rider Quad Chair
Sky Chair
Midway Chair
Magic Carpet Lift
Olympic Aerial Venue Handle Tow
Snow Tube Tow (Nordic Area)
Vertical Rise
- 610m (2010 ft)
The Highest of the North Shore Mountains!
Elevations
Mt. Strachan - 1440 meters (4720 feet)
Black Mountain - 1200 meters (3940 feet)
Hollyburn Mountain - 1326 meters (4350 feet)
Cypress Creek Lodge - 910 meters (2990 feet)
The Lions - 1646 meters (5400 feet)
The Best Snow Conditions on the Highest Skiing & Riding Peak of the North Shore Mountains!
Navigating to Cypress Mountain
Longitude & Lattitude Coordinates - 49°23′46.04″N and 123°12′15.60″W
GPS Coordinates - use 6000 Cypress Bowl Road, West Vancouver
- Please enter this on your Blackberry or hand held navigational device for directions.
- Please note this is not a mailing address; refer to the 'Contact' page for mailing or courier information.
Average Annual Snowfall
2010/11 Winter Season was 1408 cm - over 45 feet! (mid mtn)
2008/09 Winter Season was 968 cm - over 32 feet! (mid mtn)
2007/08 Winter Season was 995 cm - over 33 feet! (mid mtn)
2006/07 Winter Season was 844 cm - over 27 feet! (mid mtn)
Ski Runs - 53 Ski Runs!
Beginner (Green) 13% 7 Ski Runs
Intermediate (Blue) 35% 18 Ski Runs
Advanced (Black Diamond) 37% 19 Ski Runs
Expert (Double Black Diamond) 8% 4 Ski Runs
Freestyle Terrain (Orange) 8% 4 Areas
• Longest combination run: 4.1 km (2.5 miles) - T33 into Collins
The Most Runs on the North Shore Mountains!
Skiable Terrain
Cypress has 600 acres (240 hectares) of skiable terrain
Lift Capacity - 9000 skiers per hour
Most skiable terrain on the North Shore!
Night Skiing and Riding
Black Mountain:
Maelle Ricker's Gold (Fork & Lower Fork), Jasey Jay (formerly P.G.S), WindJammer, Ashley McIvors's Gold (Cascade) & Panorama
Mt.Strachan:
T33, Horizon, Horizon By-Pass, Humpty Dumpty, Hutch, Rainbow, Shuttle, Collins, Shuttle, Runway, Ripcord, Webb-Site, Lower Bowen, Blaster & Hut Run
Snow Making
A state of the art fully automatic snowmaking system was installed and ready for the 2007-2008 Winter Season. Snow Making is on all Olympic Venues including Half Pipe (Lower Panorama Ski Run), SBX & SX (Fork Ski Run), PGS (previously Gully Ski Run), Aerials & Moguls. As well as on Panorama and Windjammer Ski Runs.
Cypress Mountain has 35 Snow Guns, 51 Hydrant Locations and a 22.7 million litre (5 million gallons) reservoir and is designed to provide a minimum of 3 feet of coverage on the Olympic Venues.
Alpine Facilities
Alpine Facilities include a fully licensed cafe, Cypress Creek Grill, the Crazy Raven Bar & Grill, ski and snowboard rental shop repair shop, Big Bear Sports Retail Store, Guest Relations, public washrooms, corporate meeting space and the ticket office.
Snow School
Ski/Snowboard programs are specifically designed to accommodate all types of skiers/riders from entry level right up to the most advanced.
Cross Country Area Info
Cypress is one of the most diverse cross country ski area locally, and can accommodate thousands of cross country skiers every day.
• 19 km of groomed/classic track set trails with skating lanes (7.5 kms lit for night skiing)
• Extensive large rental fleets for standard classic technique
• Hollyburn Lodge (built in 1926) - licensed restaurant/warming hut
• Nordic Base Café, base area and upper trail warming hut
• Classic Ski and Skate Ski lessons are available & Nordic Ski School offers, many packages for kids, groups & beginners.
• 2 Warming Huts
• Convenient retail counter for gloves, waxes, sunglasses, touques etc.
The Only Cross Country Ski Area on the North Shore Mountains!
SnowShoeing Info
Facilities and Trails
• 10 km of self guided and well marked snowshoe trails (interlaced with in the nordic ski trail network)
• Snowshoe Rental
• Hollyburn Lodge (built in 1926) - Licensed Restaurant
• Nordic Café & 2 warming huts
• Daily Guided Snowshoeing Tours (day time and evening tours available)
• 2 Warming Huts
SnowTubing Info
If you've never experienced snow or just can't get enough, our SnowTube area is for you. Feel the thrill of sliding down trails in a snow tube and let our tube tow do all the work getting you back up the hill.
• Tubing Tow accessing 6 chutes; up to 200 tubers can be accommodated for
• Hollyburn Lodge (built in 1926) - licensed restaurant (a short hike away)
• Nordic Base Café
• Base area warming hut nearby
• Open daily with scheduled nights.
Please note: Height safety requires tubers must be a least 48 inches tall to ride the tubes.
