Vancouver Snow Sports

Vancouver has three excellent winter sport resorts - Cypress Provincial Park, Grouse Mountain and Mount Seymour Provincial Park - where you can ski, snow board, snow blade, cross country ski, snowshoe, snow tube, toboggan and ice skate. Each of these areas has its own features and attractions.

Cypress Mountain has great downhill and cross country runs (34), five chairlifts, including two new high-speed quad chairs, an equipment rental facility and a snow tube park.

Grouse Mountain, also excellent for skiing, boarding and blading, has 24 runs. It also has a beautiful chalet with a gift shop, clothing store, restaurant and two cafes.

Grouse Mountain is fun because you get to ride the Grouse Mountain SkyRide to the top of the mountain, a breathtaking 12 minute journey with fantastic views of Vancouver and, once there, you can go for a sleigh ride, ice skate or just watch the snow fall or the fire crackle.

Mount Seymour Provincial Park is the most family oriented of the three ski areas. It has a snow tube park, four chairlifts, two snackbars and a rental facility for clothes and equipment.

Getting There: Grouse Mountain is accessible via the Grouse Mountain SkyRide from the top of Nancy Greene Way ( the north end of Capilano Road). The price of the SkyRide ticket ($20) includes the use of the ice skating pond, a sleigh ride and a high definition video about Grouse Mountain and the surrounding area.

To reach Cypress Mountain from downtown Vancouver, cross Lions Gate Bridge and take the left lane toward West Vancouver. Follow the signs to Highway #1 (via Taylor Way). Go west on Highway #1 to Exit 8, Cypress Mountain Rd. Go up Cypress Mountain Rd. for 13 kms (8 miles) to the Cross Country, Snow Shoe and Snow Play/Tube Park, or continue 2 km to the downhill area.

Mt. Seymour Provincial Park is about 15 km (9 miles) from downtown Vancouver. Cross Lions Gate Bridge, get into the right hand lane and go toward North Vancouver. Go north (left) at the first intersection, Capilano Road, and continue up Capilano Road to the junction of Highway #1. Take Route #1 east.

Exit at Mt. Seymour Parkway and go left at the stoplight then right onto Mt. Seymour Parkway. Stay on Mt. Seymour Parkway until you reach Mt. Seymour Road. Go left on Mt. Seymour Road to Mt. Seymour Provincial Park.

Cypress and Mt. Seymour offer shuttle service from Lonsdale Quay if you're coming from Vancouver.

For current ski conditions, be sure to check out our Ski Conditions page.