|
RE-DISCOVER CYPRESS
Welcome to Cypress Mountain , the official Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard Venue for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Located in West Vancouver, BC, Canada; Cypress is only 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver and is proud to continue to provide our skiers, riders and sliders with the most vertical drop, most terrain, most lifts and best snow conditions on the highest skiing and riding peak of Vancouver's Legendary North Shore Mountains.
What's New This Season:
New for the 2008-2009 winter season is a brand new centrally located, 48,000 square foot timber frame day lodge, housing all facilities in one building, scheduled for winter season opening. The new lodge will feature a large main floor family restaurant, banquet room, a corporate meeting space and a huge bar and grill overlooking the Super Pipe.
Cypress has made ski run improvements on Benny's, Humpty Dumpty, Black Fly, Meteor and has added new lighting to Rainbow Ski Run. Cypress has also added 2, additional snow cats to our grooming fleet, ready for this coming winter!
This coming season marks the completion of the second phase of Cypress Mountain 's major transformation. You will see the completed Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard Venues for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games as well as a state of the art snowmaking system. Be part of the excitement as Cypress Mountain hosts the Freestyle Skiing FIS World Cup and Snowboard FIS World Cup in February 2009. We hope that all of our guests will join us in cheering on our Canadian athletes competing on their home turf and setting their sights on 2010!
Why Cypress:
With unparalleled terrain and the largest vertical rise on the North Shore , Cypress Mountain is Vancouver 's premier winter playground. Cypress has 52 downhill winter skiing and riding runs accessed by 6 chairlifts and 2 surface lifts, 19km of track set cross country trails, a snowtubing park with a tube tow lift and amazingly popular snowshoeing tours around the Historic Hollyburn Lodge built in 1926.
With the best winter skiing and riding in Vancouver , Canada 's most popular cross country skiing area, a huge snowtubing park and our unique snowshoeing tours, Cypress truly offers something for everyone!
New to Winter Skiing & Riding:
With our ‘Easy Rider' quad beginner chair accessing our gentle green Easy Rider beginner's run, learning becomes a breeze.
Cypress offers an array of different lessons through our Snow School , featuring the latest advancements in equipment technology packages that are designed to help reduce your learning curve and get you out and enjoying the mountain.
Kids Camp for ages 3-12 yrs old from a beginner to intermediate level is a great way to start the kids off on the right track. Supervised skiing and instruction by the hour will allow them to play, with only paying an hour at a time. Our patient instructors will ensure your youngsters have plenty of fun while learning to ski in a safe and fun atmosphere. Kids Camp lessons are grouped by age and ability and booked through our Downhill Snow School .
Looking to try something a little different? Cypress Mountain offers one of the largest Cross Country areas in North America with 19km of track set trails; 10km self guided snowshoe trails and a Snowtube Park .
Classic & Skate skiing are another fantastic adventure if you have never hit the slopes before. Located in our Cross Country Ski area both are an easy, fun and an exciting new way to enjoy your winter season.
Cypress Mountain ~ Vancouver's Only Big Mountain Experience!
|
