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Darkside at Cypress Mountain Ski Area

Expert · 553 m long with 81 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 29° at its steepest, facing SE.

29°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
553 mlength
81 mvertical
1176 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Darkside is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Darkside

Lifts that reach the top: Lions Express Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lions Express Quad
  2. Ski Collins (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed trail
  4. Ski Collins (easy)
  5. Ski Darkside (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Collins. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Midway Chair (3 min), Lions Express Quad (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Darkside on the 3D mapAll runs at Cypress Mountain Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.