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Gibsons Glades at Cypress Mountain Ski Area

Expert · 1227 m long with 168 m of vertical, averaging 8° and — at its steepest, facing SW.

—steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1227 mlength
168 mvertical
1263 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Gibsons Glades is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

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

How to get to Gibsons Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Lions Express Quad (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sky Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lions Express Quad
  2. Ski Gibsons Glades (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Humpty Dumpty. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sky Quad (1 min), Lions Express Quad (3 min), Eagle Express Quad (3 min).

See Gibsons Glades 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.