Last Updated: December 30, 2014
Nestled just 35 minutes (more or less depending on traffic) drive from downtown Vancouver and a mere 22 minutes from West Vancouver, Cypress Mountain is not only a convenient resort but one that offers plenty for the 400,000+ snowboarding, skiing and cross-country skiing visitors it hosts each year.
Mountain Stats
Cypress has the largest vertical drop (610m [2010ft]), the largest ride-able area (600 acres), the most lifts (9) and the most runs (48 trails + 4 parks) of all of the Vancouver mountains (Grouse & Seymour being the other two).
Cypress is actually made up of 2 mountains – Mt Strachan and Black Mountain. And what’s the best thing that people like about all that terrain? – less people per acre and less time spent waiting at the lifts.
Host for freestyle skiing and snowboarding for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics this mountain has undergone various upgrades that many Cypress-goers agree make it well worth the extra dollars spent on a season pass compared with its neighbouring resorts Grouse and Seymour.
