| Cypress Mountain Ski Area | |
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Skiers at Cypress Mountain |
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| Location | Cypress Provincial Park, British Columbia Canada |
| Nearest city | West Vancouver |
| Vertical | 610 m / 2001 ft |
| Top elevation | 1440 m / 4724 ft |
| Base elevation | 910 m / 2985 ft |
| Skiable area | 600 acres |
| Runs | 53 Beginner 13% Intermediate 35% Advanced 37% Expert 8% Freestyle Terrain 8% |
| Longest run | 4.1 km (combination) (2.5 mi.) |
| Lift system | 6 chairlifts 1 magic carpet 2 surface lifts |
| Snowfall | 622 cm/year (245 inches) |
| Web site | Cypress Mountain |
Cypress Mountain is a ski area in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located in the southern section of Cypress Provincial Park, and is operated under a Park Use Permit.
The ski resort is a 30-[1] minute drive north of downtown Vancouver, and has 53 named alpine ski runs (many accessible for night skiing) and 21.2 km cross country of trails. Snowshoeing tours are also popular. Snow schools and rentals, cafeteria and Crazy Raven Bar and Grill and a Big Bear Sports retail shop are also located on the premises. The Resort is legally known as Cypress Bowl Recreational Limited Partnership, previously owned by Boyne Resorts and recently sold to CNL Income Properties of Florida, but Boyne will continue to run the ski operation for several years under a lease-back agreement.
The ski resort name Cypress Mountain is derived from the name of the bowl between the three mountains, Mt. Strachan, Black Mountain, and Hollyburn Mountain - "Cypress Bowl", which was the original and still used common name of the resort (which is owned by Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd.). The term "Cypress" comes from the Yellow Cedar tree Chamaecyparis nootkatensis which is common in the park at altitudes over 800 metres, and is also known as Yellow Cypress, as well as from the name of the park in which the resort lies.
Despite the resort name, there is in fact no Cypress Mountain in the immediate vicinity. There is a Cypress Mountain in the Vancouver area, located 24 km east, in Coquitlam just southwest of the south end of Coquitlam Lake.[2]
Cypress Mountain hosted the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding events of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The ski area's downhill runs are built on two mountains (Mt. Strachan (pronounced "Strawn"[3][4] - 1440 m (4724 ft.) and Black Mountain - 1200 m (3937 ft.), on a vertical rise of 610 m (2001 ft).
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Cypress Mountain has two high-speed detachable quad chairlifts (Eagle Express and the Lions Express), two fixed-grip quad chairs (Raven Ridge and Easy Rider) and two double chairlifts (Sky Chair and Midway).[5].
During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Cypress hosted all of the freestyle skiing and snowboarding competitions (moguls, aerials, ski cross, half-pipe, snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom).[6] The half-pipe and the venues for the moguls and aerials were completed in the summer of 2007.
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