Snowsure: 3.6
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Cypress Mountain is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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February 17, 2011
Remi
Remi
February 13, 2011
Andy
Andy
It's nice to have a ski resort with as much area and fast chairlifts like Cypress so close to Vancouver. The price is okay when you consider that tickets at Seymour with the old slow lift and tiny area are only about $15 less - I bought a Cypress card this year and it is even closer to Seymour and cheaper than Grouse. The staff seem friendly and the food is okay and the riding is usually pretty good and the park is better this year.
February 07, 2011
Cypress fan
Cypress fan
I have been going up Cypress (Cypress Mountain) and don't understand the complaints that are posted here. The staff are more friendly than ever before and have adopted a customer first attitude. Cypress has the most skiable terrain of all three local mountains. Yes, the ticket prices are high, but it is worth it.
The one guy that was complaining earlier about not being able to hike or cross-country ski for free was mistaken because back-country passes are free.
The one negative is the food in the cafeteria, but the food next door in the bar is amazing and reasonably priced.
I love it up there. I don't agree with all the complainers.
February 05, 2011
Joe McLovin
Joe McLovin
Disappointed, that pretty much sums it up. Cypress (Cypress Mountain) is run by an American owned company operating in a Canadian provincial park. Their emphasis is on $ not quality. Here overpriced tickets, poor customer service and crumbling facilities (except for the new Cypress Creek Lodge) are the norm.
As a resident or citizen you are not allowed to walk/ski/snowshoe through the area (unless you pay the Americans $$$) that they made a deal to lease. This is a provincial park, we should have some rights to use our "home and native land". shame.
Also, there is no 'Cypress mountain' at Cypress Mountain. There is Black mountain, Mount Stratchan and Hollyburn peak which all form the 'Cypress bowl'. The real Cypress Mountain is north of Port Coquitlam, a few hours east of 'Cypress resort'.
The bottom line is if you want to pay a large American company inflated prices for a below par experience in a BC provincial park then Cypress is right for you.
February 04, 2011
jeff
jeff
Cypress (Cypress Mountain) used to be "the" place to go and should still be with the new terrain they have opened but sadly it's not.
The new "Corporate first" mantra they seem to have adopted really just makes for an uncomfortable experience where it seems they are trying to suck every penny from your pocket. The food is standard corporate junk, the ticket and seasons pass prices are through the roof, did someone say "pay parking?!" etc...
The staff even seem more stressed and like they are having less fun but being instructed from above to pretend like they are enjoying themselves (like there is a boss breathing down everyones necks all the time). Looks like the Olympics have ruined another city piece by piece.
If you want a nice riding experience you are way better off heading to Seymour.
February 03, 2011
Sara
Sara
I'm in my twenties and grew up skiing and snowboarding at Cypress Bowl (now incorrectly renamed Cypress Mountain for marketing reasons). I had a pass every year through elementary, middle, and high school. I have not purchased a pass since then because of the skyrocketing prices. Staff (including the ones working in the cafeteria) used to get perks such as passes to offset the low wages and volunteers at the kids camp were given family passes in lieu of pay. Such community minded things have been discontinued in the lead up to the Olympics.
I would rate it as some of the best local skiing/boarding because the lift lineups are shorter than they are at Seymour but that is the only reason. It's also the only place that offers cross country skiing but this is clearly not a priority for the owners since they are removing the iconic Hollyburn Lodge.
The downhill area has new terrain, equipment, lifts, and snow-making thanks to the Olympics but I refuse to pay Whistler-like rates for a seasons pass when everyone who skis the North Shore mountains knows that some years are fantastic while others are warm and rainy. If I pay that much for a pass I'm going to go somewhere like Whistler, Big White, or Sun Peaks where the season is longer and I know I can get some quality snow. In principal I object to a mountain (like Cypress) tailoring their operations to daily ticket purchasers to the detriment of the pass holders - I understand that the daily tickets pay them a lot more but those season's pass holders give them a much needed investment of capital during the off-season so should be valued just as often.
Overall: Olympics seem to have given Cypress the idea that they deserve to be expensive when they offer the exact same snow conditions as Grouse and Seymour who offer full season's passes for half to a quarter of the price. If the mountain stopped being so exorbitantly expensive I would not hesitate to return there but for now I'll ski and board elsewhere.
Last note: excellent experinces lead to 1 in 20 people telling people but poor experiences lead to 1 in 7 people talking about their experience and each person they speak to is more likely to tell someone else.
January 28, 2011
Buck
Buck
1.Complaining about the Cypress (Cypress Mountain) snow report on Snow-Forecast? You haven't figured out which one is more accurate and aren't using it? Seriously.
2.Yes,the hill is changing. Things are always changing. Evolution is all about adapting to change or getting left behind.
3.Thank goodness the "Superpipe" (aka terrain ditch) is gone.
January 25, 2011
Kelly
Kelly
I'm new to Vancouver and absolutely love Cypress (Cypress Mountain). I am also a season pass holder, but have not noticed excessive or early closures (only when it was raining so hard I didn't want to ski anyway!).
I find this place so great, especially at non-peak times. I rarely wait in a line. Sure, the staff don't know as much as they should, but the trails are well maintained and I always have fun.
January 22, 2011
Andrew
Andrew
Is anyone else here sick of the lies their weather condition report spews? I live 2 hours away from Cypress Mountain and am frustrated with their reports saying base temp -4 and snowing and arriving to find it plus 2 and raining! Then checking it again and low and behold it says it's minus 2 and snowing! That's why they won't put up a web cam.
I hold a season's pass and have done for the last 4 years but I won't be next year as, since the Olympics, most of the staffs' attitudes towards their customers is so poor it's almost insulting. Everything is totally over priced even the food quality has gone downhill. Not to mention the maintained condition of the hills and rest rooms.
In years gone by the staff at Cypress Mountain seemed happy, helpful and polite. What's going on up there to make them change so much?
January 11, 2011
Yeesh
Yeesh
I am one of many Vancouverites, who have for years been happy to walk out my front door and onto a bus to Cypress for a morning or day out in the snow.
Lately things are changing, as they always do. The Olympic Cypress 'Legacy' is that of a new logo and the inevitable marketing campaign that comes with it, to attract new customers of course.
No problem there I suppose, obviously there will be the legacy of the new facilities/opportunities for all to enjoy...except the half pipe..and maybe the mountain-host volunteers.
But what of the 'old' customers? Are we to be the forgotten majority who laugh out loud and promptly pay for our o-so special 'gold medal' card so we can pay the normal raised price and just go riding already?
We are the ones who know that the Cypress Mountain Weather center is not to be trusted and we understand. Laugh... the only difference is that now we are not coming back to ride and be amongst friends at Cypress Bowl, and its sad.
Nearest