51 km
824 m - 1440 m
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Test report Cypress Mountain
Skiresort.info Test of the ski resort Cypress Mountain
Total result: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Test Cypress Mountain
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Further evaluation criteria
Evaluation criteria for special interests
In detail: Test report for ski resort Cypress Mountain
Top evaluation criteria
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Runs/slopes
Altitude difference
616 m (Valley 824 m - Mountain 1440 m )
Lifts/ cable cars
8
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 2 ← 2
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 2 ← 2
Runs/slopes
Total 51 km
Easy
20.4 km
(40 %)Intermediate
20.4 km
(40 %)Difficult
10.2 km
(20 %)
Longest run
4.1 km
Run location
under tree line
Worth knowing
- Valley run available
Number of ski lifts
8
Total capacity
11300 Passengers / hour
Length of all lifts
4.5 km Total
Lifts and cable cars
6
2
Additional
1
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Worth knowing
- Artificial snow-making
- The valley run is always open when ski resort is open; without the valley run, ski operation is not possible.
Season 2008/2009
140 Days open
140 Days when valley run open
140 Days when valley run open
The slope preparation is very good.
Tip: By new snow, an optimal slope prepartion is not always possible, even with a large effort. In addition, the new snow can not combine with the snow lying underneath and moguls are created quickly. For safety reasons, usually no slope preparation is possible during operating times.
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Further evaluation criteria
Access via Highway 1, Ausfahrt 8 Cypress Bowl Rd
- Lions Express (West Vancouver, B.C.), Ideal entry for day visitors
Distance: 15 km · approx. 23 Minutes driving time
Parking spaces: enough available, Tarred parking lot, free of charge
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Public transportation/ on-site mobility
- No direct train connection
- Ski busses
- No scheduled busses
Ski-in/Ski-out
There are no accommodations with direct access to the slopes and to lifts (Ski-in/Ski-out)
Towns/villages
- Vancouver
Distance to ski resort
Guest beds 30000
Note: For the evaluation, only the accommodations which are located directly on the slopes and lifts, or have very easy access to the ski resort have been considered.
Evaluation criteria for special interests
Information for families and children
- Kid's Land/ separated area for children
- Adventure course
- People mover
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
Information for beginners
- Easy and manageable slope offering, which is easy to achieve
- Wide slopes
- Beginner's area
- Special slopes for slower skiers / beginners
- Easy valley run
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
Information for advanced skiers, freeriders
- some freeride / deep snow areas
- few mogul slopes
- few extremely difficult, steep and unprepared runs (Double Diamonds)
Slope offering advanced skiers
Runs/slopes
Total 51 km
Difficult
10.2 km
(20 %)Note: Always mind the avalanche warnings and barriers, please. Never ski into a closed and unsecured area.
Information for Snowboarders
- few cat tracks
- no runs with ascent
- some freeride / deep snow areas
Snow parks
- Obstacle Park
- Buckelpiste
- Boardercross
- Funpark
- Halfpipe
Offering snow parks
- Snow park/ Fun park
- Halfpipe
- Kicker (Jump/ Ramp)
- Rails/ Slides
- Boxes
- Wallride
- Corner / Hip
- Boardercross
- Waverides
- Pro Line
- Medium Line
- Beginner/ Easy Line
- Chill area with music
Photos
Conclusion
many different runs. large night ski area
no lifts with bubbles
Detailed description of the ski resort
Leaving West Vancouver you have a long road to the base station at an altitude of 910m where you will find enough parking lots. For beginners there is a quad, called Easy Rider near to the base station. The double chair “Midway Chair” serves easy runs in the valley area. Parallel to this one is the high speed quad Lions Express Quad Chair which gets you much higher on the mountain - up to 1275m. Up here you have the easy run “Collins” back to this lift. You have also a big selection of medium and difficult runs back to the base station. Below the top station of the Lions Express Quad Chair quad is the double chair Sky Chair up to the 1440m high Mt. Strachan, the highest lifted point in the ski area. Here you get back to the “Sky Chair” via difficult and a medium run or you can take the difficult runs “Top Gun” and “Humpty Dumpty” back to the base station. On the other side there are another quad chairs, the Eagle Express Quad Chair which lifts you up to the 1220m high Black Mountain. This Mountain is very popular because you can find runs of every level of difficulty here. Since the season 2007/2008 Cypress Mountain recieved 40% more runs because the new Raven Ridge Quad Chair open up new terrain down to 824m above sea level. Five advanced, as well as intermediate runs lead to the new lift through forest aisles. Experts prefer the runs Hose Side, Trumpeter, Black Fly, Meteor and Black on Black. Via the easy runs Panorama and Windjammer you can ski or ride back to the base lodge. If you miss the last lift at the Raven Ridge Quad Chair you have a 20 min. hike out back to the base station. On Black Mountain is the new freestyle, moguls and halfpipe are for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Very recommendable is the night skiing because nearly all of the runs are open and you have a great selection of slopes until 11pm. At the base station there is a restaurant and a kiosk which are also open until 11pm. Don´t forget your chains of do not have a 4wd as the road can be very slippery.
Test Report issued on 2010-03-07
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