Cypress Mountain offers some of the best skiing in Vancouver, and one of Western Canada’s most respected Ski and Snowboard Schools. Day or night, you’ll enjoy great conditions and a wide variety of runs for skiers of all levels. Snowboarders will love the awesome variety of Freeriding terrain, along with kickin parks and pipes all over the mountain.

With the most expansive terrain and the largest vertical rise on the North Shore of Vancouver, Cypress Mountain is Vancouver's premier winter playground. Whether you ski or snowboard, spectacular views of downtown Vancouver, English Bay, Georgia Straight and Howe Sound are yours to enjoy on the two mountains at Cypress, Mt. Strachan and Black Mountain.

Cypress is recognized as the most popular cross country ski area in Canada, and can accommodate in excess of 2,000 cross country skiers per day. Cross Country skiing at Cypress Mountain is a unique experience for the whole family. Enjoy 19 kms of groomed trails - with 7 kms lit for night skiing - that wind through snow-covered lakes and snowy mountain forests, or experience adventure on snowshoes with over 10 kms of self-guided snowshoe trails.

At the SnowPlay area you can feel the thrill of sliding down trails in a snow tube, and let the tube tow do all the work getting you back up the hill.

The first skiers found their way to the North Shore mountains in the 1920s. These ski enthusiasts would take a ferry across Burrard Inlet and hike up the mountains to log cabins, many of which can still be found on Hollyburn Mountain. The area's first ski run now serves as a cross-country and tubing area. Hollyburn Lodge was built in the early years, and is still used, offering a remarkable reminder of the mountain's skiing heritage. The resort has been operating in its current form since the early 1970s.

Cypress Mountain is very proud to have been chosen to host the Freestyle Moguls, Freestyle Skiing, Snowboard Halfpipe, Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom and Boardercross competitions during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Vancouver and Whistler in February and March 2010.

To prepare for the 2010 Olympic Games, many exciting developments transformed Cypress Mountain into a world-class winter recreation area, including the following improvements:

	New permanent daylodge
	40 hectares of new terrain on the east face of Black Mountain (8 new ski trails)
	A new high-speed chairlift
	Expanded snowmaking capacity
	In-ground terrain park
	Parking upgrades
	Athletes centre at the cross-country area
	Freestyle skiing areas built in conjunction with a new quad chair on the east face of Black Mountain
	Snowboarding venues on the Eagle Express terrain will create Olympic rated Super Pipe within sight of the base area
	Environmental improvements, including the reclamation of existing trails, limiting new growth, and revegetating within Alpine and Nordic areas.

Snow Making: Cypress Mountain has 35 snow guns, 51 hydrant locations and a 5.3-million gallon reservoir.The state of the Art snowmaking system is designed to provide a minimum of 1 metre of cover on the Olympic Venues. Snow making is provided on all Olympic venues, including the Half Pipe (Lower Panorama ski run), SBX & SX (Fork ski run), PGS,, Aerials and Moguls, Panorama, and Windjammer ski run.

Cypress Mountain is located in the heart of Cypress Provincial Park in West Vancouver, 7.5 miles (12 km) off the Trans-Canada Highway 1, and only 26 minutes from the heart of Downtown Vancouver. From Downtown Vancouver by car, take the Lions Gate Bridge and follow the signs to Highway 1 (via Taylor Way). Continue west and take Exit 8 onto Cypress Bowl Road. Follow this 3-lane paved highway for 13 km (8 miles) for cross-country, snowshoeing and snow tubing, and a farther 2 km (1.3 miles) for downhill skiing.

Cypress Mountain Shuttle Bus picks up from various locations in North and West Vancouver, call (604) 419-7669. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to departure time.
The Lonsdale Quay (Seabus) Shuttle departs from Carrie Cates Court, beside the Totem Poles & the Park Royal (Mall) Shuttle departs from the south east corner bus stop on Taylor Way.
Public Transit: Take Skytrain or bus to Waterfront Station, connecting via Seabus to the Cypress Mountain Shuttle Bus at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver.

Tobogganing and SnowPlay areas
Licensed Restaurant & Pub
Ski and Snowboard Rental & Repair Shop
Clothing Rentals
Retail Shop & Bag Check
Store-a-ski
Ski & Snowboard School (one of Western Canada’s most respected schools)
Guest Service