West Vancouver, British Columbia · Canada · ski area
Cypress Mountain ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Cypress Mountain is a ski area in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with 27 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 824 m and 1,426 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 27 km
- Lifts
- 7
- Top elevation
- 1,426 m
- Vertical drop
- 602 m
- Cross-country
- 24 km
- Nearest airport
- YVR · 22 km
Slopes by difficulty
79 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Cypress Mountain is a ski area in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its 79 mapped downhill runs add up to 27 km, which ranks it #32 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 0.8% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 340 m long.
Slopes at Cypress Mountain
About 25% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 46% intermediate and 26% advanced or expert, which makes Cypress Mountain a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 7 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 824 m up to 1,426 m, a vertical drop of 602 m. Cross-country skiers get 23.8 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Cypress Mountain
The nearest airport is Vancouver International Airport (YVR), about 22 km away in a straight line — roughly 28 minutes by car; Nanaimo Airport (YCD) is 62 km away. Nearby ski areas include Grouse Mountain (16.2 km), Mt Seymour (17.3 km), Sea to Sky Gondola and Dakota Ridge Recreation Site, which together add 332 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Cypress Mountain
- 1 YVR22 kmstraight line
- 2 YCD62 kmstraight line
- 3 YXX72 kmstraight line
- 4 ESD78 kmstraight line
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Ski resorts near Cypress Mountain
- 8 kmGrouse Mountain16 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 1,228 m
- 18 kmMt Seymour17 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,254 m
- 32 kmSea to Sky Gondolaup to 881 m
- 33 kmDakota Ridge Recreation Siteup to 1,170 m
- 80 kmWhistler Blackcomb299 km of slopes · 36 lifts · up to 2,259 m
- 83 kmWhistler Cross Country Connectionup to 798 m
- 86 kmSki Callaghan1 lift · up to 997 m
- 90 kmSasquatch Mountain Resort18 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,315 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.