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.