Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver
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Cypress Mountain is one of the most popular skiing areas in British Columbia
attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
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.
With the best Winter Skiing & 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!
Cypress Mountain is the Official Freestyle Skiing (Aerials, Moguls & Ski Cross)
and Snowboarding (Half Pipe, Parellel Giant Slalom, and Snowboard Cross) Venue
for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Scheduled Olympic Events
Freestyle Skiing
Aerials Men, Ladies
Moguls Men, Ladies
Ski Cross Men, Ladies
Snowboard
Parallel Giant Slalom Men, Ladies
Halfpipe Men, Ladies
Snowboard Cross Men, Ladies
With spectacular views of the city of Vancouver and its harbour, the freestyle
and snowboard competition sites are located in Cypress Provincial Park within
the District of West Vancouver. It is served by an excellent highway and has
ample parking.
Getting To Cypress Mountain
By Car - From Downtown Vancouver take the Lions Gate Bridge and follow the signs
to Highway One (via Taylor Way). Continue west, take Exit #8 onto Cypress Bowl
Rd. Follow this 3 lane, paved highway for 13 kms (8 miles) for Cross Country,
SnowShoeing and Snowtubing or 15 kms (9.3 miles) for Downhill.
By Public Transit - Take Skytrain or Bus to
Waterfront Skytrain Station,
connecting via Seabus to the
Cypress Mountain Shuttle Bus at
Lonsdale Quay in
North Vancouver.
Freestyle and snowboard events run 16 of the 17 days and include the new ski
cross event. |
